Books like Not a Nickel to Spare
Perry Nodelman
Not a Nickel to Spare is 218 pages, about 4 hours at 250 words a minute.
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A Prairie as Wide as the Sea 3.8 h 
Orphan Monster Spy 8.0 h 
Who Was Anne Frank? 1.9 h Bar height shows length. Estimated at 250 words a minute.