How long does it take to read Refugee Boy?
Refugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah takes about 5 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 20 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2001. 291 pages, about 80,025 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 54 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 20 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 20 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The story of a young Ethiopian boy, whose parents abandon him in London to save his life.
Subjects: Foster home care, Juvenile fiction, Right of Asylum, Fiction, Refugees, War, fiction
