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Book · by David J. Pelzer · first published 1993

How many pages is A Child Called "it"?

A Child Called "it" by David J. Pelzer has a median of 163 pages across 14 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 148 to 192 pages.

Median pages
163
14 editions counted
Range
97–240
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.1h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
45k
at 275 words per page

How long will A Child Called "it" take you?

Starts at the non-fiction average of 238 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
3 h 08 min
At 30 min a day
7 days
At 1 hour a day
4 days

Page count of every edition, by year

Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.

100150200250200020101993: 97 pages1995: 184 pages1995: 195 pages1997: 184 pages2000: 148 pages2000: 166 pages2000: 148 pages2000: 160 pages2001: 144 pages2001: 128 pages2010: 195 pages2015: 195 pages2019: 240 pagesmedian 163
100150200250200020101993: 97 pages1995: 184 pages1995: 195 pages1997: 184 pages2000: 148 pages2000: 166 pages2000: 148 pages2000: 160 pages2001: 144 pages2001: 128 pages2010: 195 pages2015: 195 pages2019: 240 pagesmedian 163
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover15222 h 56 min
Paperback14832 h 51 min

Editions counted

The 14 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 48 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2019Seven Dials–240OL29376828M
2015Health Communications, Incorporated–195OL34226567M
2010Health Communications, Incorporated–195OL33982656M
2001WindsorHardcover144OL7988848M
2001OrionPaperback128OL7984120M
2000BCA–148OL21567840M
2000BCA–166OL16024306M
2000Orionpaperback148OL40280583M

Questions

How many pages is A Child Called "it"?
About 163 pages: that is the median of 14 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 97 to 240 pages.
How long does it take to read A Child Called "it"?
About 3 h 08 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
How many words is A Child Called "it"?
Roughly 45,000 words, estimated from the median page count at 275 words per page. Open Library does not record word counts, so this is an estimate.

Data: Open Library monthly data dumps (works, editions, authors, reading log, ratings) (Open Library / Internet Archive); How many words do we read per minute? A review and meta-analysis of reading rate (Marc Brysbaert, Journal of Memory and Language 109 (2019)).