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How long does it take to read Sideways Stories from Wayside School?

Louis Sachar

Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar takes about 2 hours 21 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Book 1 of Wayside School

Next: Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School

About 2 hours 21 minutes

An evening's read

First published 1978. 128 pages, about 35,200 words. Written for children.

5 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 3 hours 55 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 2 hours 21 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 1 hour 28 minutes

The page count is the median across 31 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Presents humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story.

Subjects: Schools, Humorous stories, Schools in fiction, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Children's fiction

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