How long does it take to read The Keeping Quilt?
The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco takes about 46 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 46 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1988. 42 pages, about 11,550 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 17 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 46 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 29 minutes |
The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A homemade quilt ties together the lives of four generations of an immigrant Jewish family, remaining a symbol of their enduring love and faith.
Subjects: Jews, Fiction, Emigration and immigration, Quilts, Juvenile fiction, Children's fiction
