How long does it take to read The Machine Gunners?
The Machine Gunners by Robert Westall takes about 3 hours 28 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 28 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1975. 189 pages, about 51,975 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 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 28 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 10 minutes |
The page count is the median across 20 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
After an air raid, a group of English children find a German machine gun and hide it from adults who are looking for it.
Subjects: Fiction, Juvenile fiction, History, Children's fiction, Historical fiction, War, fiction
