How long does it take to read The Big Box?
The Big Box by Toni Morrison takes about 53 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 53 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1998. 48 pages, about 13,200 words.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 28 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 53 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Because they do not abide by the rules written by the adults around them, three children are judged unable to handle their freedom and forced to live in a box with three locks on the door.
Subjects: Freedom, Stories in rhyme, Behavior, Fiction, Human behavior, Kind
