How long does it take to read Meet the Boxcar Children?
Meet the Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner takes about 35 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 35 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1997. 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 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Four orphaned children make a home for themselves in an abandoned boxcar and are united with their grandfather.
Subjects: Fiction, Grandfathers, Brothers and sisters, Orphans, Boxcar children, Juvenile fiction
