How long does it take to read Journey of the Sparrows?
Fran Leeper Buss
Journey of the Sparrows by Fran Leeper Buss takes about 2 hours 51 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 51 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1991. 155 pages, about 42,625 words. Written for children.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 51 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 47 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Maria and her brother and sister, Salvadoran refugees, are smuggled into the United States in crates and try to eke out a living in Chicago with the help of a sympathetic family.
Subjects: Fiction, Illegal aliens, Juvenile fiction, Salvadorans, Children's fiction, Birds, fiction
