How long does it take to read The White Mountains?
The White Mountains by John Christopher takes about 3 hours 14 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of The Tripods
About 3 hours 14 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1967. 176 pages, about 48,400 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 23 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 14 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 1 minute |
The page count is the median across 39 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Young Will Parker and his companions make a perilous journey toward an outpost of freedom where they hope to escape from the ruling Tripods, who capture mature human beings and make them docile, obedient servants.
Subjects: young adult, Extraterrestrial beings, Freedom, aliens, teenagers, Fiction
