How long does it take to read Loch?
Loch by Paul Zindel takes about 3 hours 50 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 50 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1994. 209 pages, about 57,475 words. Written for children.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 23 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 50 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 24 minutes |
The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Fifteen-year-old Loch and his younger sister join their father on a scientific expedition searching for enormous prehistoric creatures sighted in a Vermont lake, but soon discover that the expedition's leaders aren't interested in preserving the creatures.
Subjects: Fiction, Underwater exploration, Brothers and sisters, Monsters, Underwater exploration -- Fiction, Monsters -- Fiction