How long does it take to read Ode to Billy Joe?
Ode to Billy Joe by Herman Raucher takes about 4 hours 42 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 42 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1976. 256 pages, about 70,400 words. Written for young adults.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 49 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 42 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 56 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
*This screenplay tells the story of Bobbie Gentry's hit ballad, Ode to Billie Joe.* In Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, the Bridge still stands. And people still talk about that dusty June day in 1953 when, for no apparent reason, Billy Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge. Now, years after the whispers and rumors, the muddy Tallahatchie River gives up its secrets—the secrets within the haunting ballad that swept America. And bestselling author Herman Raucher writes a love story that is beautiful, tender, funny, joyous, and ultimately so heart-breaking, that you will never forget it.—BkCvr
Subjects: Ode to Billy Joe, Herman Raucher, Warner Bros., YA, Young adult, Teen
