How long does it take to read Shakespeare's Secret?
Elise Broach
Shakespeare's Secret by Elise Broach takes about 4 hours 44 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 44 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2005. 258 pages, about 70,950 words. Written for children.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 53 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 44 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 57 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Named after a character in a Shakespeare play, misfit sixth-grader Hero becomes interested in exploring this unusual connection because of a valuable diamond supposedly hidden in her new house, an intriguing neighbor, and the unexpected attention of the most popular boy in school.
Subjects: Neighbors, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Authorship, History, Mystery and detective stories
