How long does it take to read Journey Home?
Journey Home by Yoshiko Uchida takes about 2 hours 24 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 24 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1978. 131 pages, about 36,025 words. Written for children.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 24 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 30 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A Japanese American family return to their ordinary life after being relocated during World War II. After their release from an American concentration camp, a Japanese-American girl and her family try to reconstruct their lives amidst strong anti-Japanese feelings which breed fear, distrust, and violence.
Subjects: Japanese-Americans, Juvenile fiction, Prejudices, Japanese Americans, Fiction, YOUNG ADULT
