How long does it take to read The Case of Thenervous Newsboy?
a McGurk mystery
The Case of Thenervous Newsboy by E. W. Hildick takes about 1 hour 43 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 43 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1976. 94 pages, about 25,850 words. Written for children.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 43 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 5 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Ten-year-old Jack McGurk and his fellow detectives match wits with the local police as they track down a runaway newsboy.
Subjects: Children's stories, Mystery and detective stories, Boys, Detective and mystery stories, Police, Missing children
