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How many pages is Esperanza Rising?

Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan has a median of 262 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 262 to 288 pages.

Median pages
262
7 editions counted
Range
262–319
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
72k
at 275 words per page

How long will Esperanza Rising take you?

Starts at the fiction average of 260 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
4 h 37 min
At 30 min a day
10 days
At 1 hour a day
5 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

26028030032020002002200420062000: 262 pages2000: 262 pages2000: 262 pages2000: 319 pages2001: 262 pages2005: 304 pages2006: 272 pagesmedian 262
26028030032020002002200420062000: 262 pages2000: 262 pages2000: 262 pages2000: 319 pages2001: 262 pages2005: 304 pages2006: 272 pagesmedian 262
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 25 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2006Listening LibraryHardcover272OL9453016M
2005Scholastic Inc.–304OL7515343M
2001Scholastic Press–262OL14434557M
2000Scholastic Press–262OL23245108M
2000Hampton-Brown–262OL24903696M
2000Scholastic Press–262OL6779495M
2000Holt, Rinehart and WinstonUnknown Binding319OL9943892M

Questions

How many pages is Esperanza Rising?
About 262 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 262 to 319 pages.
How long does it take to read Esperanza Rising?
About 4 h 37 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is Esperanza Rising?
Roughly 72,000 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)).