How long does it take to read Jasper Jones?
Craig Silvey
Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey takes about 5 hours 43 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 43 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2011. 312 pages, about 85,800 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 32 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 43 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 35 minutes |
The page count is the median across 15 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Jasper Jones is a novel set in 1965 in Corrigan, a small country town in Western Australia. Charlie Bucktin, a quiet, bookish thirteen-year-old who dreams of becoming a writer, is visited one summer night by Jasper Jones, a fourteen-year-old outcast shunned for his Aboriginal heritage and defiant reputation. Jasper asks for help and leads Charlie into the bush, where they find a young girl's body. Fearing he will be blamed, Jasper persuades Charlie to keep it secret while the town grows anxious and looks for someone to accuse.
This summary was written by AI and checked by a second AI model. How these are chosen.
Subjects: Murder, Secrets, Recluses, Family problems, Fiction, Interpersonal relations
