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How many pages is Small Steps?

Small Steps by Louis Sachar has a median of 272 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 272 to 288 pages.

Median pages
272
5 editions counted
Range
257–288
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
75k
at 275 words per page

How long will Small Steps take you?

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Reading time
4 h 48 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.

26028020042006200820102006: 272 pages2006: 257 pages2007: 272 pages2008: 288 pages2008: 288 pagesmedian 272
26028020042006200820102006: 272 pages2006: 257 pages2007: 272 pages2008: 288 pages2008: 288 pagesmedian 272
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 21 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2008Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers–288OL28741505M
2008Delacorte Books for Young ReadersPaperback288OL9872582M
2007Bloomsbury PublishingPaperback272OL25775985M
2006BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLChardcover272OL32241370M
2006Delacorte Press–257OL23274767M

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Questions

How many pages is Small Steps?
About 272 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 257 to 288 pages.
How long does it take to read Small Steps?
About 4 h 48 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is Small Steps?
Roughly 75,000 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)).