How long does it take to read The Fifth of March?
The Fifth of March by Ann Rinaldi takes about 6 hours 9 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 9 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1993. 335 pages, about 92,125 words. Written for children.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 14 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 9 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 50 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Fourteen-year-old Rachel Marsh, an indentured servant in the Boston household of John and Abigail Adams, is caught up in the colonists' unrest that eventually escalates into the massacre of March 5, 1770.
Subjects: Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Indentured servants, History, Children's fiction, Boston (mass.), fiction
