How long does it take to read The Boxcar Children?
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner takes about 2 hours 49 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
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About 2 hours 49 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1924. 154 pages, about 42,350 words. Written for children.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 42 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 49 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 46 minutes |
The page count is the median across 87 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Orphaned siblings Henry, Jessie, Benny, and Violet are determined not to be separated after the deaths of their parents. Fearing being sent away to live with their cruel, frightening grandfather, they run away and discover an abandoned boxcar in the woods. They convert the boxcar into a safe, comfortable home and learn to take care of themselves. But when Violet becomes deathly ill, the children are forced to seek out help at the risk of their newfound freedom. This original 1924 edition contains a few small difference from the revised 1942 edition most readers are familiar with, but the basic story beloved by children remains essentially untouched.
Subjects: Orphans, juvenile fiction, brothers and sisters, railroad cars, detective and mystery stories, mystery and detective stories
