How long does it take to read Sitti's Secrets?
Sitti's Secrets by Naomi Shihab Nye takes about 35 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 35 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1994. 32 pages, about 8,800 words. Written for children.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 59 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 35 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 22 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A young girl describes a visit to see her grandmother in a Palestinian village on the West Bank.
Subjects: Fiction, Grandmothers, Palestinian Arabs, Juvenile fiction, Children's fiction, Grandparents, fiction
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