How long does it take to read Kirsten Learns a Lesson?
Kirsten Learns a Lesson by Janet Shaw takes about 1 hour 16 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 16 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1986. 69 pages, about 18,975 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 7 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 16 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 47 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
After immigrating from Sweden to join relatives in an American prairie community, Kirsten endures the ordeal of a strange school through a secret friendship with an Indian girl. Kirsten has a hard time in her new American school because she doesn't speak English very well. Miss Winston, her new teacher, is strict and not very understanding. Things get worse when Miss Winston comes to live with the Larson family. Kirsten's only escape is playing with her secret friend Singing Bird, the Indian girl. When Singing Bird suggests running away forever, Kirsten must decide where she belongs. Kirsten does learn some important lessons in school, but she learns something even more important about herself. - Back cover.
Subjects: Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Frontier and pioneer life, Indians of North America, Emigration and immigration, Schools
