How long does it take to read Son?
Son by Lois Lowry takes about 7 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 4 of The Giver Quartet
Previous: Messenger
About 7 hours 17 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2001. 397 pages, about 109,175 words. Written for children.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 8 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 17 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Unlike the other Birthmothers in her utopian community, teenaged Claire forms an attachment to her baby, feeling a great loss when he is taken to the Nurturing Center to be adopted by a family unit.
Subjects: Science fiction, Fiction, Mother and child, Separation (Psychology), Juvenile fiction, Children's fiction
