How long does it take to read The Mystery of the Secret Message?
The Mystery of the Secret Message 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 1996. 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 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
While helping their grandfather prepare for Greenfield's Winter Festival, the Alden children uncover a mystery surrounding the statue in the town square.
Subjects: Statues, Brothers and sisters, Orphans, Fiction, Mystery and detective stories, Boxcar children (Fictitious characters)