How long does it take to read Under the Blood-red Sun?
Under the Blood-red Sun by Graham Salisbury takes about 4 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 31 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1994. 246 pages, about 67,650 words. Written for children.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 31 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 49 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
1942Tomikazu Nakaji's biggest concerns are baseball, homework, and a local bully, until life with his Japanese family in Hawaii changes drastically after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941.
Subjects: Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Japanese Americans, War stories, Historical fiction, Children's fiction
