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How long does it take to read The Missing Piece?

Shel Silverstein

The Missing Piece by Shel Silverstein takes about 1 hour 56 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 1 hour 56 minutes

An evening's read

First published 1976. 105 pages, about 28,875 words. Written for children.

4 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 3 hours 13 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 1 hour 56 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 1 hour 12 minutes

The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

Subjects: Circle, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Children's stories, Children's fiction, Fables

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