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Green Knowe books in order

L. M. Boston

Green Knowe is a series of 3 books by L. M. Boston: 468 pages, about 9 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.

3
books
468
pages
9 hours
to read them all
18 days
at 30 minutes a day
1 The Children of Green Knowe 1954 2.9 h 3 The River at Green Knowe 1959 2.8 h 4 A Stranger at Green Knowe 1961 2.9 h

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Not listed here yet: book 2.

The books

  1. 1

    The Children of Green Knowe 1954 2.9 h

    Tolly comes to live with his great-grandmother at the ancient house of Green Knowe and becomes friends with three children who lived there in the seventeenth century.

  2. 3

    The River at Green Knowe 1959 2.8 h

    An English girl, a Polish refugee, and a displaced boy from the Orient explore an island-strewn river flowing past the ancient manor house of Green Knowe.

  3. 4

    A Stranger at Green Knowe 1961 2.9 h

    A strange friendship develops between a young Chinese refugee who is spending the summer at Green Knowe and a gorilla who has escaped from the London Zoo.

How much is left

After book 1, The Children of Green Knowe about 6 hours left
After book 3, The River at Green Knowe about 3 hours left

Reading the whole series

About 8 hours 35 minutes

All 3 books listed here, 468 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.

18 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.