How long does it take to read Kiss the Dust?
Kiss the Dust by Elizabeth Laird takes about 5 hours 7 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 7 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1991. 279 pages, about 76,725 words. Written for children.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 32 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 7 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 12 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Her father's involvement with the Kurdish resistance movement in Iraq forces thirteen-year-old Tara to flee with her family over the border into Iran, where they face an unknown future.
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Kurds, Refugees, Political refugees, Historical Fiction
