How long does it take to read The Friends?
Kazumi Yumoto
The Friends by Kazumi Yumoto takes about 3 hours 39 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 39 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1992. 199 pages, about 54,725 words. Written for children.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 5 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 39 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 17 minutes |
The page count is the median across 15 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Curious about death, three sixth-grade boys decide to spy on an old man waiting for him to die, but they end up becoming his friends.
Subjects: Fiction, Death, Friendship, Old age, Children's fiction, Friendship, fiction
