How long does it take to read The Earth Dragon Awakes?
The Earth Dragon Awakes by Laurence Yep takes about 2 hours 15 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 15 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2006. 123 pages, about 33,825 words. Written for children.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 46 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 15 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 25 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Eight-year-old Henry and nine-year-old Chin love to read about heroes in popular "penny dreadful" novels, until they both witness real courage while trying to survive the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
Subjects: Chinese Americans, Courage, Earthquakes, Fiction, History, Juvenile fiction
