How long does it take to read The Black Stallion and the Girl?
The Black Stallion and the Girl by Walter Farley takes about 3 hours 36 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 36 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1971. 196 pages, about 53,900 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 | 5 hours 59 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 36 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 15 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Alec Ramsay has a hard time persuading his partners to retain the girl he hires as a trainer and an even harder time convincing them to let her race the Black Stalion when Alec is suspended as a jockey.
Subjects: Horses, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Black Stallion (Fictitious character), Love stories, Training
