How long does it take to read The Boy Who Could Make Himself Disappear?
The Boy Who Could Make Himself Disappear by Kin Platt takes about 3 hours 58 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 58 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1968. 216 pages, about 59,400 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 36 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 58 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 29 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A twelve-year-old boy with a psychological speech defect gradually develops a schizophrenic withdrawal after moving from Los Angeles to live with his mother in New York following the divorce of his harsh and detached parents
Subjects: Family life, Fiction, Mental illness, Speech disorders, Mentally ill
