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How long does it take to read The Road from Roxbury?

Melissa Wiley

The Road from Roxbury by Melissa Wiley takes about 4 hours 42 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 4 hours 42 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2002. 256 pages, about 70,400 words. Written for children.

10 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 7 hours 49 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 4 hours 42 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 56 minutes

The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Meet Charlotte Tucker, the little girl who would grow up to be Laura Ingalls Wilder's grandmother. The war of 1812 is over, and Charlotte thinks life in Roxbury is back to normal. Will and Lucy have moved in with her family, and Charlotte adores looking after Lucy's baby. Before long, however, Charlotte feels like her world has been turned upside down. Baby William seems to have taken over her house. To make matters worse, Charlotte has a new teacher at school -- will her life ever be the same again? The Road from Roxbury is the third book in The Charlotte Years, an ongoing series about another spirited girl from America's most beloved pioneer family.

Subjects: Fiction, general, Children's fiction, Family life, fiction, Boston (mass.), fiction

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