How long does it take to read My Side of the Mountain?
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George takes about 3 hours 15 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of Mountain
About 3 hours 15 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1959. 177 pages, about 48,675 words. Written for children.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 25 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 15 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 2 minutes |
The page count is the median across 46 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains, including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.
Subjects: Falcons, Fiction, Self-reliance, Literatura juvenil, Vida montañesa, Autodependencia
