How long does it take to read The Secret Summer?
The Secret Summer by Ruth Chew takes about 2 hours 21 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 21 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1974. 128 pages, about 35,200 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 55 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 21 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 28 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
When their parents go to Europe instead of their usual summer vacation, two children from New York City run away to Lake Wallenpaupack, Pennsylvania, where they had rented cabins during previous summers.
Subjects: Runaway children, Juvenile fiction
