How long does it take to read Lady of Chʻiao Kuo?
Lady of Chʻiao Kuo by Laurence Yep takes about 5 hours 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 30 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2001. 300 pages, about 82,500 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 | 9 hours 10 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 30 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 26 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In 531 A.D., a fifteen-year-old princess of the Hsien tribe in southern China keeps a diary which describes her role as liaison between her own people and the local Chinese colonists, in times of both peace and war.
Subjects: Diaries, Fiction, History, Identity, Juvenile fiction, Minorities
