How long does it take to read Planet Middle School?
Planet Middle School by Nikki Grimes takes about 2 hours 49 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 49 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2011. 154 pages, about 42,350 words. Written for children.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 42 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 49 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 46 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A series of poems describes all the baffling changes at home and at school in twelve-year-old Joylin's transition from tomboy basketball player to not-quite-girly girl.
Subjects: Basketball, Middle schools, Family life, Fiction, Coming of age, Schools
