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How long does it take to read Starry River of the Sky?

Grace Lin

Starry River of the Sky by Grace Lin takes about 5 hours 34 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Book 2 of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

Previous: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Next: When the Sea Turned to Silver

About 5 hours 34 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2012. 304 pages, about 83,600 words. Written for children.

12 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 9 hours 17 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 34 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 29 minutes

The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

The moon is missing from the remote Village of Clear Sky, but only a young boy named Rendi seems to notice! Rendi has run away from home and is now working as a chore boy at the village inn. He can't help but notice the village's peculiar inhabitants and their problems-where has the innkeeper's son gone? Why are Master Chao and Widow Yan always arguing? What is the crying sound Rendi keeps hearing? And how can crazy, old Mr. Shan not know if his pet is a toad or a rabbit? But one day, a mysterious lady arrives at the Inn with the gift of storytelling, and slowly transforms the villagers and Rendi himself. As she tells more stories and the days pass in the Village of Clear Sky, Rendi begins to realize that perhaps it is his own story that holds the answers to all those questions.

Subjects: Chinese folklore, Storytelling, folktale, Fiction, Fairy tales, Folklore ǂz China ǂv Juvenile fiction

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