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How many pages is There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom?

There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom by Louis Sachar has a median of 195 pages across 8 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 195 to 208 pages.

Median pages
195
8 editions counted
Range
195–261
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
54k
at 275 words per page

How long will There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom 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
3 h 26 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.

2002252501990200020101987: 195 pages1987: 195 pages1990: 261 pages1997: 208 pages1997: 195 pages1997: 195 pages2000: 195 pages2016: 208 pagesmedian 195
2002252501990200020101987: 195 pages1987: 195 pages1990: 261 pages1997: 208 pages1997: 195 pages1997: 195 pages2000: 195 pages2016: 208 pagesmedian 195
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 8 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 35 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2016Bloomsbury Publishing Plc–208OL29278239M
2000Dell Yearling–195OL24031048M
1997––208OL61421899M
1997Knopf–195OL22851701M
1997Scholastic–195OL24221689M
1990Cornerstone Books–261OL2227209M
1987Knopf–195OL2726313M
1987Knopf Books for Young Readers–195OL7464496M

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Questions

How many pages is There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom?
About 195 pages: that is the median of 8 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 195 to 261 pages.
How long does it take to read There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom?
About 3 h 26 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
How many words is There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom?
Roughly 54,000 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)).