How long does it take to read Maroo of the Winter Caves?
Maroo of the Winter Caves by Ann Turnbull takes about 2 hours 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 30 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1984. 136 pages, about 37,400 words. Written for children.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 9 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 30 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 34 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Maroo, a girl of the late Ice Age, must take charge after her father is killed, and lead her little brother, mother, and aged grandmother to the safety of the winter camp before the first blizzards strike.
Subjects: Prehistoric peoples, Fiction, Children's stories, American, Children's fiction, Wilderness survival, fiction, Prehistoric peoples, fiction
