How long does it take to read Slam!?
Slam! by Walter Dean Myers takes about 5 hours 5 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 5 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1996. 277 pages, about 76,175 words. Written for children.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 28 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 5 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 10 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Seventeen-year-old Greg "Slam" Harris can do it all on the basketball court. He's seen ballplayers come and go, and he knows he could be one of the lucky ones. Maybe he'll make it to the top. Or maybe he'll stumble along the way. Slam's grades aren't that hot. And when his teachers jam his troubles in his face, he blows up. Slam never doubted himself on the court until he found himself going one-on-one with his own future, and he didn't have the ball.
Subjects: Fiction, Juvenile fiction, African Americans, Basketball, Prejudices, High schools
