How long does it take to read Hour of the Olympics?
Hour of the Olympics by Mary Pope Osborne takes about 1 hour 28 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 16 of Magic Tree House
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About 1 hour 28 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1986. 80 pages, about 22,000 words. Written for children.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 27 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 28 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 55 minutes |
The page count is the median across 28 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to retrieve a lost story in ancient Greece, where they witness the original Olympic games and are surprised to find what girls of the time were not allowed to do.
Subjects: Olympic games, Magic, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Sex role, Tree houses
