How long does it take to read Mud City?
Mud City by Deborah Ellis takes about 3 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours
A weekend read
First published 2003. 164 pages, about 45,100 words. Written for children.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 1 minute |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 53 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Fourteen-year-old Shauzia, an Afghan refugee living in a camp in Pakistan, determines to find a way to fulfill her dreams of seeing the ocean and beginning a new life in France.
Subjects: Fiction, History, Street children, Refugee camps, Courage, Sex role
