Reading time
How long does it take to read Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger?
Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger by Louis Sachar is about 168 pages, so it takes about 3 hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 6 days at 30 minutes a day.
At an average reading speed
2 h 56 min
Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger · Louis Sachar · first published 1995
- Pages
- 168
- 30 min a day
- 6 days
By reading speed
| Unhurried reader · 180 wpm | 3 h 53 min |
| Average adult · 238 wpm | 2 h 56 min |
| Quick reader · 300 wpm | 2 h 20 min |
| Very fast reader · 400 wpm | 1 h 45 min |
By daily habit
Your reading speed
| 15 minutes a day | 12 days |
| 30 minutes a day | 6 days |
| 45 minutes a day | 4 days |
| 60 minutes a day | 3 days |
Page count: median of 21 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
#3 in Wayside School
Next in the series: Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom (2020, 192 pages)
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Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger: reading time questions
- How many pages is Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger?
- Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger is about 168 pages. That is the median across the 21 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
- How long does it take to read Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger?
- About 2 h 56 min at 238 words per minute, the average silent reading speed for adults. A quick reader at 300 words per minute needs about 2 h 20 min.
- How many days to read Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger at 30 minutes a day?
- About 6 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 12 days, and at an hour a day about 3 days.
- What number is Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger in the Wayside School series?
- Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger is book 3 in Wayside School by Louis Sachar.
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