How long does it take to read The Root Cellar?
Janet Lunn, Janet Lunn; Scott Cameron (illustrator), Janet Louise Swoboda Lunn
The Root Cellar by Janet Lunn, Janet Lunn; Scott Cameron (illustrator), Janet Louise Swoboda Lunn takes about 4 hours 23 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 23 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1981. 239 pages, about 65,725 words. Written for children.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 18 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 23 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 44 minutes |
The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Twelve-year-old orphan Rose, sent to live with unknown relatives on a farm in Canada, ventures into her aunt's root cellar and finds herself making friends with people who lived on the farm more than a century earlier.
Subjects: Children's stories, American, Farm life, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Orphans, Space and time
