How long does it take to read The House You Pass on the Way?
The House You Pass on the Way by Jacqueline Woodson takes about 2 hours 5 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 5 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1997. 114 pages, about 31,350 words. Written for children.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 29 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 5 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Thirteen-year-old Staggerlee used to be called Evangeline, but she took on a fiercer name. She's always been different--set apart by the tragic deaths of her grandparents in an anti-civil rights bombing, by her parents' interracial marriage, and by her family's retreat from the world. This summer she has a new reason to feel set apart--her confused longing for her friend Hazel. When cousin Trout comes to stay, she gives Staggerlee a first glimpse of her possible future selves and the world beyond childhood.
Subjects: African Americans, Cousins, Fiction, Homosexuality, Identity, Interracial marriage
