How long does it take to read The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow?
The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl (Dear America)
The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow by Ann Turner takes about 3 hours 40 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 40 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1999. 200 pages, about 55,000 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 7 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 40 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The narrator describes her experiences as her Navajo tribe is forced to relocate by the U.S. Army in 1864 New Mexico.
Subjects: Social conditions, Relocation, Juvenile fiction, Navajo Indians, Navajo girls, History
