How long does it take to read In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson?
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord takes about 3 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 6 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1984. 169 pages, about 46,475 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 10 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 56 minutes |
The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In 1947, a Chinese child comes to Brooklyn where she becomes Americanized at school, in her apartment building, and by her love for baseball.
Subjects: Children's stories, American, Chinese American children, Chinese Americans, Fiction, Household Moving, Juvenile fiction
