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How long does it take to read The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog?

Bruce Duncan Perry, Bruce D. Perry, Maia Szalavitz, Bruce Perry, Luc’a Barahona

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog by Bruce Duncan Perry, Bruce D. Perry, Maia Szalavitz, Bruce Perry, Luc’a Barahona takes about 5 hours 52 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 5 hours 52 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2006. 320 pages, about 88,000 words.

12 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 9 hours 47 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 52 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 40 minutes

The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Includes material on "genocide survivors, witnesses to their own parents' murders, children raised in closets and cages, and victims of family violence ... explains what happens to the brain when a child is exposed to extreme stress, and he reveals how today's innovative treatments are helping ease children's pain, allowing to become healthy adults.

Subjects: Child psychiatry, Case studies, Popular works, Psychic trauma in children, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Case Reports

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