How long does it take to read Johnny and the Bomb?
Johnny and the Bomb by Terry Pratchett takes about 4 hours 35 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 3 of Johnny Maxwell trilogy
Previous: Johnny and the Dead
About 4 hours 35 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1996. 250 pages, about 68,750 words. Written for children.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 38 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 35 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 52 minutes |
The page count is the median across 31 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Thirteen-year-old Johnny Maxwell acquires the neighborhood homeless woman's shopping cart when she is injured and discovers that its contents have the ability to send him back in time from 1996 to 1941 England.
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Time travel, Fiction, Science fiction, England, fiction, Children's fiction