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How long does it take to read The Outliers?

Kimberly McCreight

The Outliers by Kimberly McCreight takes about 6 hours 36 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 6 hours 36 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2016. 360 pages, about 99,000 words. Written for children.

14 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 11 hours
Average, 250 words a minute 6 hours 36 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 8 minutes

The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

It all starts with a text: Please, Wylie, I need your help. Wylie hasn't heard from Cassie in over a week, not since their last fight. But that doesn't matter. Cassie's in trouble, so Wylie decides to do what she has done so many times before: save her best friend from herself. This time it's different, though. Instead of telling Wylie where she is, Cassie sends cryptic clues. And instead of having Wylie come by herself, Jasper shows up saying Cassie sent him to help. Trusting the guy who sent Cassie off the rails doesn't feel right, but Wylie has no choice: she has to ignore her gut instinct and go with him. But figuring out where Cassie is goes from difficult to dangerous, fast. As Wylie and Jasper head farther and farther north into the dense woods of Maine, Wylie struggles to control her growing sense that something is really wrong. What isn't Cassie telling them? And could finding her be only the beginning?

Subjects: Children's fiction, Missing persons, fiction, Maine, fiction, Youth, fiction, Missing persons, Juvenile fiction

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