How long does it take to read Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey?
Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey by Margaret Peterson Haddix takes about 2 hours 18 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 18 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1996. 125 pages, about 34,375 words. Written for children.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 49 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 18 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 26 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Mrs. Dunphrey agrees not to read the private entries written in her students' English journals, thus Tish Bonner finds herself pouring her emotions into her book in an effort to relieve the pressures in her life that she feels she cannot discuss with anyone.
Subjects: Child abuse, Diaries, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Fathers and daughters, Father-daughter relationship
