How long does it take to read Little Piece of Ground?
Elizabeth Laird, Sonia Nimr
Little Piece of Ground by Elizabeth Laird, Sonia Nimr takes about 4 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours
A weekend read
First published 2003. 218 pages, about 59,950 words. Written for children.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 40 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 30 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
During the Israeli occupation of Ramallah in the West Bank of Palestine, twelve-year-old Karim and his friends create a secret place for themselves where they can momentarily forget the horrors of war.
Subjects: Arab-Israeli conflict, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Children's fiction, Middle east, fiction, Israel, fiction
