How long does it take to read The Homeward Bounders?
The Homeward Bounders by Diana Wynne Jones takes about 4 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 6 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1981. 224 pages, about 61,600 words. Written for children.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 51 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 34 minutes |
The page count is the median across 15 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Once he becomes a pawn in a game played by a powerful group he calls them, 12-year-old Jamie is repeatedly catapulted through space and time.
Subjects: Space and time, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Time travel, Children's fiction, Voyages and travels, fiction
