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How many pages is The Witch of Blackbird Pond?

The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare has a median of 249 pages across 14 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 224 to 249 pages.

Median pages
249
14 editions counted
Range
173–285
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
68k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Witch of Blackbird Pond 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 23 min
At 30 min a day
9 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.

2002503001960198020001958: 249 pages1958: 226 pages1958: 256 pages1958: 249 pages1958: 249 pages1967: 173 pages1972: 249 pages1972: 258 pages1986: 223 pages1986: 249 pages1993: 223 pages2001: 205 pages2003: 285 pages2011: 249 pagesmedian 249
2002503001960198020001958: 249 pages1958: 226 pages1958: 256 pages1958: 249 pages1958: 249 pages1967: 173 pages1972: 249 pages1972: 258 pages1986: 223 pages1986: 249 pages1993: 223 pages2001: 205 pages2003: 285 pages2011: 249 pagesmedian 249
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 14 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 45 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2011Sandpiper–249OL25308826M
2003Collins–285OL19413292M
2001Houghton Mifflin Company–205OL3971310M
1993Dell–223OL22380844M
1986Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers–223OL22184207M
1986Houghton Mifflin–249OL6249561M
1972Yearling–249OL7522139M
1972––258OL58722482M

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Questions

How many pages is The Witch of Blackbird Pond?
About 249 pages: that is the median of 14 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 173 to 285 pages.
How long does it take to read The Witch of Blackbird Pond?
About 4 h 23 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
How many words is The Witch of Blackbird Pond?
Roughly 68,000 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)).