How long does it take to read The Lost Garden?
The Lost Garden by Laurence Yep takes about 2 hours 9 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 9 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1991. 117 pages, about 32,175 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 35 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 9 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 20 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The author describes how he grew up as a Chinese American in San Francisco and how he came to use his writing to celebrate his family and his ethnic heritage.
Subjects: American Authors, Biography, Chinese Americans, Social life and customs, Children's fiction, Gardens, fiction
