How long does it take to read My America?
Our Strange New Land, Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony Diary, Book One (My America)
My America by Patricia Hermes takes about 2 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours
An evening's read
First published 2000. 109 pages, about 29,975 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 | 3 hours 20 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 15 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Nine-year-old Elizabeth keeps a journal of her experiences in the New World as she encounters Indians, suffers hunger and the death of friends, and helps her father build their first home.
Subjects: Virginia in fiction, Diaries, Juvenile fiction, Diaries in fiction, Fiction, History
