How long does it take to read Rickshaw Girl?
Rickshaw Girl by Mitali Perkins takes about 1 hour 43 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 43 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2007. 94 pages, about 25,850 words. Written for children.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 43 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 5 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In her Bangladesh village, ten-year-old Naimi excels at painting designs called alpanas, but to help her impoverished family financially she would have to be a boy--or disguise herself as one.
Subjects: Family life, Rickshaws, Fiction, Sex role, Painting, Families
