How long does it take to read The Reason I Jump One Boys Voice From The Silence Of Autism?
Naoki Higashida, K. A. Yoshida, David Mitchell, Jorge Rizo
The Reason I Jump One Boys Voice From The Silence Of Autism by Naoki Higashida, K. A. Yoshida, David Mitchell, Jorge Rizo takes about 3 hours 15 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 15 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2013. 177 pages, about 48,675 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 25 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 15 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 2 minutes |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Written by a very smart, very self-aware, and very charming thirteen-year-old boy with autism, this memoir demonstrates how an autistic mind thinks, feels, perceives, and responds in ways few of us can imagine. Using an alphabet grid to painstakingly construct words, sentences, and thoughts that he is unable to speak out loud, Naoki answers even the most delicate questions that people want to know. Parents and family members who never thought they could get inside the head of their autistic loved one at last have a way to break through to the curious, subtle, and complex life within. Naoki shares his unique point of view on not only autism but life itself. His insights, into the mystery of words, the wonders of laughter, and the elusiveness of memory, are so startling, so strange, and so powerful that you will never look at the world the same way again. In his introduction, novelist David Mitchell writes that Naoki's words allowed him to feel, for the first time, as if his own autistic child was explaining what was happening in his mind. This translation was a labor of love by David and his wife, KA Yoshida, so they would be able to share that feeling with friends, the wider autism community, and beyond.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Japan, biography, Autism, Autistic children, Autistic people, Biography, Children
