How long does it take to read The Greatest Skating Race?
a World War II Story from the Netherlands
The Greatest Skating Race by Louise Borden takes about 48 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 48 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2004. 44 pages, about 12,100 words. Written for children.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 21 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 48 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 30 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
During World War II in the Netherlands, a ten-year-old boy's dream of skating in a famous race allows him to help two children escape to Belgium by ice skating past German soldiers and other enemies.
Subjects: Fiction, Escapes, Juvenile fiction, Ice skating, History, Children's fiction
