How long does it take to read The Way to Stay in Destiny?
The Way to Stay in Destiny by Augusta Scattergood takes about 3 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 17 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2015. 179 pages, about 49,225 words. Written for children.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 28 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 17 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 3 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Sixth-grader Theo leaves everything behind to live with his Uncle Chester, a Vietnam War veteran and loner, in Destiny, Florida, but he is drawn to play the piano in Miss Sister's dance school and soon makes friends with the feisty Anabel, a baseball fanatic who invites Theo to help solve a mystery.
Subjects: Mystery fiction, Uncles, Hotels and motels, Juvenile fiction, Baseball stories, Pianists
