The Race to Save the Lord God Bird by the numbers
Phillip Hoose · first published 2014 · dataset 2026-07-21
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Length and reading time
| Pages (dataset edition) | 223 |
|---|---|
| Estimated words | 61,000 |
| Reading time, 300 wpm (fast) | 3 h 24 min |
| Reading time, 250 wpm (average adult) | 4 h 5 min |
| Reading time, 200 wpm (careful / younger reader) | 5 h 7 min |
| Days at 20 minutes a day | 13 |
At 223 pages, The Race to Save the Lord God Bird is longer than 54.7% of the 1,664 books on the reading lists we track. It is the same length as the median book listed for grades 6-8 (223 pages).
Word counts and reading times are estimates: pages × 275 words, divided by the reading speed. Your edition's page count and your own pace will differ.
Where The Race to Save the Lord God Bird is on school reading lists
7 appearances (0.1% of all 13,258 listings in the dataset), drawn from 1 published list, in grades 4th–10th. 7 of the 7 carry a link to the published source document.
| Grade | Listings |
|---|---|
| 4th | 1 |
| 5th | 1 |
| 6th | 1 |
| 7th | 1 |
| 8th | 1 |
| 9th | 1 |
| 10th | 1 |
Sources
- Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winners, via Wikipedia — 2005 Winner · checked 2026-06-19
Questions
How many pages is The Race to Save the Lord God Bird?
The Race to Save the Lord God Bird by Phillip Hoose is 223 pages in the edition recorded in our dataset. Page counts vary by edition and format; at about 275 words per page that is roughly 61,000 words.
How long does it take to read The Race to Save the Lord God Bird?
About 4 h 5 min at an average adult pace of 250 words per minute (3 h 24 min at 300 wpm, 5 h 7 min at 200 wpm). At 20 minutes a day that is about 13 days.
Is The Race to Save the Lord God Bird on school reading lists?
Yes. It appears 7 times on the U.S. school reading lists, award lists and curricula in our dataset, in no single state (national curricula only) plus 7 national-curriculum listings, most often in grades 6-8. That ranks it #578 of 1,664 listed books.
Related
- The Race to Save the Lord God Bird: reading level, grades and similar booksOn ReadingList, our sister site for school reading lists.
- Books of about the same lengthLord of the Flies (224 pp.) · The Bluest Eye (224 pp.) · Flipped (221 pp.) · The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (226 pp.)
- The most assigned books, rankedAll 1,664 listed books start here.
- Book length statisticsHow long assigned books are, by grade.
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