How long does it take to read The Way Back Home?
The Way Back Home by Oliver Jeffers takes about 35 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 35 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1980. 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 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Stranded on the moon after his extraordinary airplane takes him into outer space, a boy meets a marooned young Martian with a broken spacecraft, and the two new friends work together to return to their respective homes. Un niño encuentra un avión en su armario y decide llevarlo hasta el espacio, pero se le presenta un problema, hasta que conoce a un marciano con un problema muy parecido al suyo.
Subjects: Extraterrestrial beings, Fiction, Space flight, Cooperativeness, Juvenile fiction, Children's fiction
