How long does it take to read Out of Many Waters?
Out of Many Waters by Jacqueline Dembar Greene takes about 3 hours 40 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 40 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1988. 200 pages, about 55,000 words. Written for children.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 7 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 40 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Kidnapped from their parents during the Portuguese Inquisition and sent to work as slaves at a monastery in Brazil, two Jewish sisters attempt to make their way back to Europe to find their parents, but instead one becomes part of a group founding the first Jewish settlement in the United States.
Subjects: Fiction, History, Jews, Inquisition, Juvenile fiction, Jews -- Brazil -- History -- Fiction
