How long does it take to read The Wind Blows Backward?
The Wind Blows Backward by Mary Downing Hahn takes about 5 hours 39 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 39 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1993. 308 pages, about 84,700 words. Written for children.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 25 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 39 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Although they share a love of poetry and problems with their parents, a shy high school senior's attraction to a popular classmate is tempered by her fear of his moody, self-destructive side.
Subjects: Emotional problems, Fiction, Interpersonal relations, Parent and child, Suicide, Interpersonal relations, fiction
