How long does it take to read The Year of the Dog?
The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin takes about 2 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Pacy
Next: The Year of the Rat
About 2 hours 27 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2006. 134 pages, about 36,850 words. Written for children.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 6 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
It's the Chinese Year of the Dog, and as Pacy celebrates with her family, she finds out that this is the year she is supposed to "find herself." Universal themes of friendship, family, and finding one's passion in life make this novel appealing to readers of all backgrounds. This funny and profound book is a wonderful debut novel by a prolific picture book author and illustrator and has all the makings of a classic.
Subjects: Theater, Juvenile fiction, Taiwanese Americans, Family life, Chinese New Year, Fiction
