How long does it take to read The Schwa Was Here?
The Schwa Was Here by Neal Shusterman takes about 4 hours 11 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 11 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2004. 228 pages, about 62,700 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 | 6 hours 58 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 11 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 37 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A Brooklyn eighth-grader nicknamed Antsy befriends the Schwa, an "invisible-ish" boy who is tired of blending into his surroundings and going unnoticed by nearly everyone.
Subjects: Self-perception, Juvenile fiction, Friendship, Fiction, Children's fiction, Self-perception, fiction
