How long does it take to read The Penderwicks on Gardam Street?
The Penderwicks on Gardam Street by Jeanne Birdsall takes about 5 hours 45 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 45 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1998. 314 pages, about 86,350 words. Written for children.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 36 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 45 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 36 minutes |
The page count is the median across 24 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The four Penderwick sisters are faced with the unimaginable prospect of their widowed father dating, and they hatch a plot to stop him.
Subjects: Families, Family, Single-parent families, Juvenile fiction, Family life, Fiction
