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How many pages is The Sign of the Beaver?

The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare has a median of 135 pages across 13 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 135 to 144 pages.

Median pages
135
13 editions counted
Range
135–172
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
37k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Sign of the Beaver take you?

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Reading time
2 h 23 min
At 30 min a day
5 days
At 1 hour a day
3 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

140160198519901995200020051983: 135 pages1983: 135 pages1983: 144 pages1983: 135 pages1983: 135 pages1984: 135 pages1984: 135 pages1988: 146 pages1993: 135 pages1994: 172 pages1999: 135 pages1999: 160 pages2006: 135 pagesmedian 135
140160199020001983: 135 pages1983: 135 pages1983: 144 pages1983: 135 pages1983: 135 pages1984: 135 pages1984: 135 pages1988: 146 pages1993: 135 pages1994: 172 pages1999: 135 pages1999: 160 pages2006: 135 pagesmedian 135
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 13 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 46 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2006Listening LibraryHardcover135OL10352452M
1999Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers–135OL22859796M
1999Yearling–160OL7520026M
1994Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupHardcover172OL9589635M
1993Dell Pub.–135OL24955176M
1988ABC-Clio–146OL2400681M
1984Gollancz–135OL22835691M
1984Dell Publishing–135OL20509442M

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Questions

How many pages is The Sign of the Beaver?
About 135 pages: that is the median of 13 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 135 to 172 pages.
How long does it take to read The Sign of the Beaver?
About 2 h 23 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 5 days.
How many words is The Sign of the Beaver?
Roughly 37,000 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)).