How long does it take to read A Drowned Maiden's Hair?
A Drowned Maiden's Hair by Laura Amy Schlitz takes about 7 hours 8 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 8 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2006. 389 pages, about 106,975 words. Written for children.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 53 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 8 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 27 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Maud Flynn is known at the orphanage for her impertinence. So when the charming Miss Hyacinth chooses her to take home, the girl is pleased but baffled, until she learns of her new role: helping to stage elaborate seances for bereaved patrons. As Maud is drawn deeper into the deception, playing the "secret child," she is torn between her need to please and her growing conscience. It takes a shocking betrayal to make clear just how heartless her so-called guardians are. Filled with fascinating details of turn-of-the-century spiritualism and page-turning suspense, this novel from Newbery Medalist Laura Amy Schlitz features a feisty heroine whom readers will not soon forget.
Subjects: Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Spiritualists, Deception, Adoption, Orphans
