How long does it take to read The Children Who Stayed Alone?
Bonnie Bess Worline
The Children Who Stayed Alone by Bonnie Bess Worline takes about 2 hours 52 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 52 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1965. 156 pages, about 42,900 words. Written for children.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 46 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 52 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 47 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This adventure story for children tells of five little kids forced to be left alone in a sod house during a blizzard. It magnifies the resourcefulness and intelligence of the children while keeping the reader on edge throughout.
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Frontier and pioneer life
