How long does it take to read The Runaway?
The Runaway by Martina Cole takes about 14 hours 8 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 14 hours 8 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2005. 771 pages, about 212,025 words. Written for young adults.
29 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 23 hours 34 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 14 hours 8 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 8 hours 50 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Cathy Connor has been running away all her life. So when she is sent to a remand centre for hitting her drunken father, her only choice is to run away. Living rough in Soho, she turns to prostitution. But Cathy finds that her past is never far behind.
Subjects: Runaway teenagers, Criminals, Fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, thrillers, general
