How long does it take to read The Doll in the Garden?
a ghost story
The Doll in the Garden by Mary Downing Hahn takes about 2 hours 21 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 21 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1989. 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 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
After Ashley and Kristi find an antique doll buried in old Miss Cooper's garden, they discover that they can enter a ghostly turn-of-the-century world by going through a hole in the hedge.
Subjects: Fiction, Ghosts, Time travel, Juvenile fiction, Ghost stories, Space and time
