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How long does it take to read Where the Red Fern Grows?

Wilson Rawls

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls takes about 4 hours 34 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 4 hours 34 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1961. 249 pages, about 68,475 words. Written for children.

10 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 7 hours 37 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 4 hours 34 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 51 minutes

The page count is the median across 57 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Where the Red Fern Grows is a 1961 children's novel by Wilson Rawls about a boy who buys two hunting dogs.

Content warnings (AI-checked, may be incomplete)
  • violence
  • animal death

How these are chosen

Subjects: Social Issues - Friendship, Juvenile Fiction, Social Situations - Adolescence, Social Issues - Adolescence, Classics, Action & Adventure - General

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