How long does it take to read The Old Willis Place?
a ghost story
The Old Willis Place by Mary Downing Hahn takes about 3 hours 39 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 39 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2004. 199 pages, about 54,725 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 5 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 39 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 17 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Tired of the rules that have bound them ever since "the bad thing happened," twelve-year-old Diana ignores her brother's warnings and befriends the daughter of the new caretaker, setting in motion events that lead to the release of the spirit of an evil, crazy woman who once ruled the old Willis place.
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Brothers and sisters, Haunted houses, Ghosts, Friendship
