How long does it take to read Kirsten and the New Girl?
Kirsten and the New Girl by Janet Shaw takes about 43 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 43 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2000. 39 pages, about 10,725 words. Written for children.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 12 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 43 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 27 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
When a new girl arrives at school, Kirsten is jealous, completely forgetting how scared and lonely she felt the year before when she was the new girl in school. Gives instructions for making a friendship pillow like those made in the 1850s.
Subjects: Jealousy, Fiction, Schools, Friendship, Children's fiction, Jealousy, fiction
