How long does it take to read The Last Girls of Pompeii?
The Last Girls of Pompeii by Kathryn Lasky takes about 3 hours 9 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 9 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2007. 172 pages, about 47,300 words. Written for children.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 15 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 9 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 58 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In Pompeii, in the summer of A.D. 79, Julia and Sura appear to lead opposite lives. Julia is the daughter of a wealthy ship-builder; Sura is an orphan. Julia bears the Curse of Venus—a withered arm; Sura’s beauty turns heads. Julia is free; Sura is her slave.Then Julia learns that her parents are planning to put her in the service of the Temple of Damia, the center of a cultish new religion, and Sura will be sold to an awful man who plans to make her his concubine.But when Mt. Vesuvius erupts, Julia’s and Sura’s fates are forever altered, forcing them both to face the true meaning of freedom.
Subjects: Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Slavery, Italy in fiction, Family life, Family life in fiction
