How long does it take to read The House on the Gulf?
The House on the Gulf by Margaret Peterson Haddix takes about 3 hours 41 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 41 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2004. 201 pages, about 55,275 words. Written for children.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 9 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 41 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A sixteen-year-old boy arranges a housesitting job for the summer, but he starts acting strangely after his family moves in, and his sister begins to suspect they are not supposed to be there.
Subjects: Fiction, Grandparents, Housesitting, Mystery and detective stories, Children's fiction, Grandparents, fiction
