How long does it take to read The Secret in the Old Attic?
The Secret in the Old Attic by Carolyn Keene takes about 3 hours 15 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 21 of Nancy Drew Mystery Stories
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About 3 hours 15 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1944. 177 pages, about 48,675 words. Written for children.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 25 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 15 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 2 minutes |
The page count is the median across 20 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
First published in 1944, this mystery finds Nancy searching for some unpublished musical manuscripts which she believes are hidden in the dark, cluttered attic of a rundown mansion.
Subjects: Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Mystery, Drew, Nancy (Fictitious character), Mystery and detective stories, Nancy Drew (Fictitious character)
