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How long does it take to read This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall!?

Gordon Korman

This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall! by Gordon Korman takes about 2 hours 10 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Part of Macdonald Hall

Next: Go Jump in the Pool

About 2 hours 10 minutes

An evening's read

First published 1978. 118 pages, about 32,450 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 36 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 2 hours 10 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 1 hour 21 minutes

The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Bruno and Boots are always in trouble. So the Headmaster, aka "The Fish" decides it would be best to separate them. Bruno must now room with ghoulish Elmer Dimsdale, plus his plants, goldfish, and ants. And Boots is stuck with nerdy, preppy, paranoid George Wexford-Smyth III. Of course, this means war. Because Bruno and Boots are determined to get their old room back, no matter what it takes. And the skunk is only the beginning....

Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Children's writings, Humorous stories, Fiction, Boarding schools, Schools

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