How long does it take to read Keeping the Night Watch?
Hope Anita Smith
Keeping the Night Watch by Hope Anita Smith takes about 1 hour 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 20 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2008. 73 pages, about 20,075 words. Written for children.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 14 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 20 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 50 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A thirteen-year-old African American boy chronicles what happens to his family when his father, who temporarily left, returns home and they all must deal with their feelings of anger, hope, abandonment, and fear.
Subjects: African Americans, Family life, Fathers, Fiction, Novels in verse, Families
