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How long does it take to read Johnny and the Bomb?

Terry Pratchett

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

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