How long does it take to read I Was a Rat!?
I Was a Rat! by Philip Pullman takes about 3 hours 13 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 13 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1999. 175 pages, about 48,125 words. Written for children.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 21 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 13 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours |
The page count is the median across 22 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A little boy turns life in London upside down when he appears at the house of a lonely old couple and insists he was a rat.
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Humorous stories, Fiction, Cuentos humorísticos, England, Ficción juvenil