How long does it take to read Rumble Fish?
Rumble Fish by S. E. Hinton takes about 2 hours 16 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 16 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1975. 124 pages, about 34,100 words. Written for children.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 16 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 25 minutes |
The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A junior high school boy idolizes his older brother, the coolest, toughest guy in the neighborhood, and wants to be just like him.
Subjects: Fiction, Social problems, Brothers and sisters, City and town life, Children's stories, Juvenile fiction