How long does it take to read Rules of the Road?
Rules of the Road by Joan Bauer takes about 3 hours 41 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 41 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1998. 201 pages, about 55,275 words. Written for children.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 9 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 41 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Sixteen-year-old Jenna gets a job driving the elderly owner of a chain of successful shoe stores from Chicago to Texas to confront the son who is trying to force her to retire, and along the way Jenna hones her talents as a saleswoman and finds the strength to face her alcoholic father.
Subjects: Automobile driving, Family problems, Fiction, Retail Stores, Stores, Retail, Old age
