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How long does it take to read The Mystery of the Orphan Train?

Gertrude Chandler Warner, Robert Papp

The Mystery of the Orphan Train by Gertrude Chandler Warner, Robert Papp takes about 2 hours 12 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 2 hours 12 minutes

An evening's read

First published 2005. 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 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

The Aldens visit an old Kansas inn that's full of secrets! Nobody knows why a famous photographer visited the inn just to take a single picture. And what about the other legendary guest—a heroic young stranger who'd come west on an "orphan train?"

Subjects: Boxcar children (Fictitious characters), Brothers and sisters, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Hotels, motels, Hotels

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