How long does it take to read The Fat Girl?
The Fat Girl by Marilyn Sachs takes about 3 hours 13 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 13 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1984. 175 pages, about 48,125 words. Written for children.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 21 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 13 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Jeff, a high school senior, becomes obsessed with creating a new, beautiful, person out of an unhappy fat girl, but when she begins to think independently, he loses control of the situation.
Subjects: Weight control, High schools, Fiction, Interpersonal relations, Assertiveness (Psychology), Schools
