How long does it take to read The Courage of Sarah Noble?
The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh takes about 57 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 57 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1954. 52 pages, about 14,300 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 | 1 hour 35 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 57 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 36 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
An eight-year-old girl finds courage to go alone with her father to build a new home in the Connecticut wilderness, and to stay with the Indians when her father goes back to bring the rest of the family.
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life, Indians of North America, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Fear, Newbery Honor
