How long does it take to read Meet Addy?
An American Girl
Meet Addy by Connie Porter takes about 1 hour 16 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 16 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1993. 69 pages, about 18,975 words. Written for children.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 7 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 16 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 47 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In 1864, after her father and brother are sold to another owner, nine-year-old Addy Walker and her mother escape from their cruel life of slavery in North Carolina to freedom in Philadelphia.
Subjects: African Americans, Fiction, History, Juvenile fiction, Slavery, Underground railroad
