How long does it take to read The Sky Is Falling?
The Sky Is Falling by Kit Pearson takes about 4 hours 33 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 33 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1989. 248 pages, about 68,200 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 35 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 33 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 51 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In the summer of 1940 as the war in Europe begins to intensify, a reluctant ten-year-old Norah and her five-year-old brother Gavin are sent by their parents to safety in Canada where to Norah's dismay they are taken in by the rich Ogilvie family.
Subjects: Brothers and sisters, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Evacuation of civilians, Canadian fiction, Homesickness
