How long does it take to read Touching Spirit Bear?
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen takes about 4 hours 25 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 25 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2001. 241 pages, about 66,275 words. Written for children.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 22 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 25 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 46 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
After his anger erupts into violence, Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life.
Subjects: Child abuse, Indians of North America, Tlingit Indians, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Anger
