How long does it take to read Sixteen Can Be Sweet?
Sixteen Can Be Sweet by Maud Johnson takes about 2 hours 54 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 54 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1978. 158 pages, about 43,450 words.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 50 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 54 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 49 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Text from 1978 book jacket (ISBN: 0-590-03860-5): Jenny is looking forward to her sixteenth birthday. School will almost be over and she has a wonderful summer job. Then her father is in a serious accident and sweet sixteen turns sour. It seems like the end of the world. Jenny's whole summer goes to pieces - until she meets Keith. Together they face Jenny's fears for her family's future. Text from 1988 Wildfire book jacket (ISBN:0-590-32204-4): Jenny West is so happy - sweet sixteen and summer on the way! But her life turns sour when her father's illness sends the Wests off to an isolated beach for the whole summer. Jenny's miserable until the bright morning when she looks up and finds herself face to face with Keith Ericson. The golden days stretch ahead of them - days of walking on the beach, holding hands, sharing secrets. But too soon it's September - the summer is over - and Jenny wonders how she can bear to leave Keith . . .
Subjects: car accidents, accidents, depressed dads, moving, summer vacation, beaches
