How long does it take to read Waiting for the Rain?
Sheila Gordon
Waiting for the Rain by Sheila Gordon takes about 3 hours 55 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 55 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1987. 214 pages, about 58,850 words. Written for children.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 32 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 55 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 27 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Chronicles nine years in the lives of two South African youths--one black, one white--as their friendship ends in a violent confrontation between student and soldier.
Subjects: Fiction, Friendship, Juvenile fiction, Race relations, Fiction, romance, general, Children's fiction
