How long does it take to read The Firehouse Mystery?
The Firehouse Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner takes about 2 hours 13 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 13 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1997. 121 pages, about 33,275 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 42 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 13 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 23 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Alden children draw upon their resourcefulness to save the neighborhood firehouse from being torn down, while they also face a series of mysterious incidents connected with it.
Subjects: Fiction, Brothers and sisters, Orphans, Fire departments in fiction, Brothers and sisters in fiction, Resourcefulness in fiction