How long does it take to read The Belonging Place?
The Belonging Place by Jean Little takes about 2 hours 16 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 16 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1997. 124 pages, about 34,100 words. Written for children.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 16 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 25 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In 1848, sixteen-year-old Elspet looks back on her life and describes how she came to be orphaned in Scotland, went to live with relatives, and emigrated with them to a rough but rewarding existence in Canada.
Subjects: Fiction, Frontier and pioneer life, Orphans, Emigration and immigration, Adoption, Children's fiction
