How long does it take to read Parrot in the Oven?
Victor Martinez
Parrot in the Oven by Victor Martinez takes about 4 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 2 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1996. 220 pages, about 60,500 words. Written for children.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 43 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 2 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 31 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Manny relates his coming of age experiences as a member of a poor Mexican American family in which the alcoholic father only adds to everyone's struggle.
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Alcoholism, Mexican Americans, Family, Family life
