How long does it take to read Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes?
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr takes about 1 hour 28 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 28 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1977. 80 pages, about 22,000 words. Written for children.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 27 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 28 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 55 minutes |
The page count is the median across 32 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Hiroshima-born Sadako is lively and athletic--the star of her school's running team. And then the dizzy spells start. Soon gravely ill with leukemia, the "atom bomb disease," Sadako faces her future with spirit and bravery. Recalling a Japanese legend, Sadako sets to work folding paper cranes. For the legend holds that if a sick person folds one thousand cranes, the gods will grant her wish and make her healthy again. Based on a true story, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes celebrates the extraordinary courage that made one young woman a heroine in Japan
Subjects: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Leukemia, Atomic bomb, Death
