How long does it take to read The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963?
Christopher Paul Curtis, Reginald André Jackson, Eida de la Vega
The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis, Reginald André Jackson, Eida de la Vega takes about 4 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 6 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1963. 224 pages, about 61,600 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 51 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 34 minutes |
The page count is the median across 44 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.
Subjects: Brothers and sisters, Family, Juvenile fiction, Family life, Prejudices, Fiction
