How long does it take to read The Boy Who Didn't Believe in Spring?
Lucille Clifton, Brinton Turkle
The Boy Who Didn't Believe in Spring by Lucille Clifton, Brinton Turkle takes about 35 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 35 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1973. 32 pages, about 8,800 words. Written for children.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 59 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 35 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 22 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Two skeptical city boys set out to find spring which they've heard is "just around the corner."
Subjects: Spring, Fiction, City and town life, Juvenile fiction, Spring, fiction, Children's fiction
