How long does it take to read The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm?
a novel
The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer takes about 5 hours 42 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 42 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1994. 311 pages, about 85,525 words. Written for children.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 30 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 42 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 34 minutes |
The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
From the Publisher: The year is 2194, and Tendai, his brother, and his sister-the children of Zimbabwei's chief of security-have escaped from their father's estate to explore the dangerous city of Harare. The Ear, the Eye and the Arm was a Newbery Honor Book, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, an ALA Notable Children's Book, a BCCB Blue Ribbon Book, and received a Golden Kite Award, and a Parents' Choice Award. It received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly and The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books.
Subjects: Zimbabweans, Blacks, Fiction, Science fiction, Blacks in fiction, Zimbabwe in fiction
