How long does it take to read The Ghost in the First Row?
The Ghost in the First Row by Gertrude Chandler Warner takes about 2 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours
An evening's read
First published 2007. 109 pages, about 29,975 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 | 3 hours 20 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 15 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Aldens are visiting Aunt Jane in Elmford where they will see a mystery play at the Trap-Door Theater. Each day at rehearsal something strange happens to the front-row seat once occupied by the theater's benefactor. Is the benefactor's ghost about?
Subjects: Ghost stories, Brothers and sisters, Orphans, Fiction, Theaters, Mystery fiction
