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Carl Hiaasen

Scat by Carl Hiaasen takes about 7 hours 11 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 7 hours 11 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2009. 392 pages, about 107,800 words. Written for children.

15 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 11 hours 59 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 7 hours 11 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 30 minutes

The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Bestselling author and columnist Carl Hiaasen returns with another hysterical mystery for kids set in Florida's Everglades.Bunny Starch, the most feared biology teacher ever, is missing. She disappeared after a school field trip to Black Vine Swamp. And, to be honest, the kids in her class are relieved.But when the principal tries to tell the students that Mrs. Starch has been called away on a "family emergency," Nick and Marta just don't buy it. No, they figure the class delinquent, Smoke, has something to do with her disappearance.And he does! But not in the way they think. There's a lot more going on in Black Vine Swamp than any one player in this twisted tale can see. And Nick and Marta will have to reckon with an eccentric eco-avenger, a stuffed rat named Chelsea, a wannabe Texas oilman, a singing substitute teacher, and a ticked-off Florida panther before they really begin to see the big picture.That's life in the swamp, kids.From the Hardcover edition.

Subjects: Fiction, Humor (Fiction), Juvenile fiction, Missing persons, Teachers, Wilderness areas

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