How long does it take to read The Trumpeter of Krakow?
Eric P. Kelly
The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly takes about 4 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours
A weekend read
First published 1928. 218 pages, about 59,950 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 40 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 30 minutes |
The page count is the median across 27 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A Polish family in the Middle Ages guards a great secret treasure and a boy's memory of an earlier trumpeter of Krakow makes it possible for him to save his father.
Subjects: newbery medal, Children's fiction, Poland, fiction, Middle ages, fiction, Middle Ages, Juvenile fiction
