How long does it take to read The Mystery of the Hot Air Balloon?
Gertrude Chandler Warner, Aimee Lilly, Charles Tang
The Mystery of the Hot Air Balloon by Gertrude Chandler Warner, Aimee Lilly, Charles Tang takes about 2 hours 12 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 12 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1995. 120 pages, about 33,000 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 40 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 12 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 23 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Benny wants adventure and finds it as he and the other Alden children help uncover the plan of those who would prevent ballooning from coming to Lloyd's Landing.
Subjects: Fiction, Balloon ascensions, Hot air balloons, Brothers and sisters, Orphans, Mystery and detective stories
