How long does it take to read The Secret of Lost Lake?
The Secret of Lost Lake by Carolyn Keene takes about 3 hours 11 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 11 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1963. 174 pages, about 47,850 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 19 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 11 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A cross-country streamliner is wrecked in the Rocky Mountains and the valuable show dog, Baron, that Jean and Louise Dana are taking to his new owner in New York disappears from the train. Searching by horseback for Baron, the girls encounter exciting adventure and a challenging new mystery. Baron's tracks lead toward Lost Lake, near the site of an isolated community buried in a mountain landslide forty years ago and now reputedly haunted by a witch. A nefarious plot against the witch manifests itself in bizarre clues: a threat chipped in stone in an ancient Indian cave and a message -- "Get the witch!" -- sinisterly triple-echoed in a rugged canyon. As Jean and Louise, assisted by a friendly rancher, diligently search for the handsome German shepherd dog, they try to fathom the mystery of the legendary witch and her unknown enemies. Who is this weird figure? Why does she frequent the site of the old disaster? Most important of all, who are the evil schemers pursuing her -- and why?
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Mystery and detective stories, Women detectives, Dana Girls (Fictitious characters), Children's fiction
