How long does it take to read Surprise Island?
Surprise Island by Gertrude Chandler Warner takes about 3 hours 16 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of The Boxcar Children
Previous: The Boxcar Children
About 3 hours 16 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1949. 178 pages, about 48,950 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 26 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 16 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 2 minutes |
The page count is the median across 41 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather and are spending the summer on their own private island. There is a mysterious stranger on the island with a secret -- but that's not the only surprise in store for the Boxcar Children. - Publisher.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories, Families, Brothers and sisters, Family, Boxcar Children (Fictitious character), Juvenile fiction
