How long does it take to read The Wall?
The Wall by Eve Bunting, Ronald Himler takes about 35 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 35 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1990. 32 pages, about 8,800 words. Written for children.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 59 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 35 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 22 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A boy and his father come from far away to visit the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington and find the name of the boy's grandfather, who was killed in the conflict.
Subjects: Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Comprehension Strategies, Inferring, Children's fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction
