How long does it take to read Marcelo in the Real World?
Francisco X. Stork
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork takes about 5 hours 48 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 48 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2009. 316 pages, about 86,900 words. Written for children.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 39 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 48 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 37 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Marcelo Sandoval hears music that nobody else can hear — part of an autism-like condition that no doctor has been able to identify. But his father has never fully believed in the music or Marcelo's differences, and he challenges Marcelo to work in the mailroom of his law firm for the summer . . . to join "the real world."
Subjects: Asperger's syndrome, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Interpersonal relations, Autism, Autistic persons
