How long does it take to read The Dance?
The Dance by Christopher Pike takes about 4 hours 9 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 9 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1988. 226 pages, about 62,150 words. Written for children.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 54 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 9 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 35 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The party was over. Alice McCoy was dead -- a depressed girl who'd taken a loaded gun to her head. At least that was what everyone thought. Everyone except Michael Olson. He knew it was no suicide. But how could he prove it? How could he catch a murderer that seemingly had the power to walk through walls? And how could he tell Jessica Hart that he loved her when she obviously preferred someone else? Michael did not know, but he would try his best. It will not be enough. For him or Jessica. The homecoming dance will end like the party -- in horror. The murderer will walk through another wall...
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories, Horror tales, Fantasy, Paranormal fiction, Fiction, general, Children's fiction
