How long does it take to read Molly Takes Flight?
Molly Takes Flight by Valerie Tripp takes about 44 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 44 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1999. 40 pages, about 11,000 words. Written for children.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 13 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 44 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 28 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Molly feels that everything in her life has changed when her father goes off to England to help wounded soldiers and her beloved aunt joins the Women's Airforce Service Pilots. Includes a section on women pilots in the armed services, and a project related to the story.
Subjects: Air pilots, Aunts, Fiction, United States, Juvenile fiction, Piano
