How long does it take to read Party Line?
Auline Bates, A. Bates
Party Line by Auline Bates, A. Bates takes about 3 hours 3 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 3 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1989. 166 pages, about 45,650 words. Written for children.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 4 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 3 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 54 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Mark has discovered a way to meet girls—on the teen party line. Unfortunately, he also discovers that some of the new girls he meets on the phone have disappeared. What started as a way to get dates, leads Mark into a frightening mystery—one that becomes dangerous as well!
Subjects: Mystery and detective stories, Children's Books - Young Adult Fiction, Fiction, Children's Books - Young Adult, Children's fiction, Friendship, fiction