How long does it take to read The Bicycle Spy?
The Bicycle Spy by Yona Zeldis McDonough takes about 3 hours 43 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 43 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2016. 203 pages, about 55,825 words. Written for children.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 12 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 43 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 20 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Bicycle Spy is a winning protagonist propels this WWII adventure, which is set in 1942 in a Nazi-occupied French village. Diminutive yet determined 12-year-old Marcel loves to ride his bicycle and adores the Tour de France, which has been suspended because of the war.
Subjects: WWII, Adventure stories, War stories, Families, Jews, Juvenile fiction
