The Race to Save the Lord God Bird by the numbers
Phillip Hoose · first published 2014 · dataset 2026-10-24
Who it is not for: readers below 4th grade: no school list in our data assigns it earlier.
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The Race to Save the Lord God Bird
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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 59.4% of the 2,330 books on the reading lists we track whose page count we know (2,809 books are tracked in all). It is longer than the median book listed for grades 6-8 (212 pages).
The Race to Save the Lord God Bird is 223 pages; the median book listed for grades 6-8 is 212 pages and the median of all 2,330 listed books with a page count is 187.
Source: Page counts of 2,330 books on U.S. school reading lists, bookstatistics.com · Dataset snapshot 2026-10-24
Show the numbers
| Book | Pages |
|---|---|
| The Race to Save the Lord God Bird | 223 pages |
| Median book listed for grades 6-8 | 212 pages |
| Median of all listed books | 187 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 (0.0% of all 20,804 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 one national curriculum (no single state), most often in grades 6-8. That ranks it #886 of 2,809 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 lengthSmile (224 pp.) · Loser (224 pp.) · Lord of the Flies (224 pp.) · The Bluest Eye (224 pp.)
- The most assigned books, rankedAll 2,809 listed books start here.
- Book length statisticsHow long assigned books are, by grade.
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