How long does it take to read Petey?
Petey by Ben Mikaelsen takes about 5 hours 8 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 8 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1998. 280 pages, about 77,000 words. Written for children.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 33 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 8 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 13 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In 1922 Petey, who has cerebral palsy, is misdiagnosed as an idiot and institutionalized; sixty years later, still in the institution, he befriends a boy and shares with him the joy of life.
Subjects: Fiction, People with disabilities, Old age, Cerebral palsy, Juvenile fiction, Children's fiction
