How long does it take to read Mary Celeste?
An Unsolved Mystery from History
Jane Yolen, Heidi E. Y. Stemple, Roger Roth
Mary Celeste by Jane Yolen, Heidi E. Y. Stemple, Roger Roth takes about 35 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of An Unsolved Mystery from History
Next: The Wolf Girls
About 35 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1999. 32 pages, about 8,800 words. Written for children.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 59 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 35 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 22 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A young girl relates the facts that are known about the unexplained disappearance of the crew on the ship Mary Celeste in 1872, and challenges the reader to solve the mystery.
Subjects: Mary Celeste (Brig), Fiction, Abandoning of, Juvenile fiction, Ships, Mystery and detective stories
