How long does it take to read January's Sparrow?
January's Sparrow by Patricia Polacco takes about 1 hour 43 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 43 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2009. 94 pages, about 25,850 words. Written for children.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 43 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 5 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
After a fellow slave is beaten to death, Sadie and her family flee the plantation for freedom through the Underground Railroad.
Subjects: African Americans, Family life, Fiction, Freedom, Fugitive slaves, Juvenile fiction
