How long does it take to read Missing May?
Missing May by Cynthia Rylant takes about 1 hour 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 38 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1989. 89 pages, about 24,475 words. Written for children.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 43 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 38 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 1 minute |
The page count is the median across 22 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
After the death of the beloved aunt who has raised her, twelve-year-old Summer and her uncle Ob leave their West Virginia trailer in search of the strength to go on living.
Subjects: Grief, Death, Joy and sorrow, Aunts, Juvenile fiction, Fiction
