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How many pages is Where the Red Fern Grows?

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls has a median of 249 pages across 20 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 229 to 264 pages.

Median pages
249
20 editions counted
Range
212–378
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
68k
at 275 words per page

How long will Where the Red Fern Grows take you?

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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.

200300400198020001961: 212 pages1961: 212 pages1974: 249 pages1976: 249 pages1978: 249 pages1981: 249 pages1985: 249 pages1987: 313 pages1992: 212 pages1996: 212 pages1996: 212 pages1996: 304 pages1998: 249 pages1999: 235 pages2001: 250 pages2005: 376 pages2006: 249 pages2016: 249 pages2016: 304 pages2017: 378 pagesmedian 249
200300400198020001961: 212 pages1961: 212 pages1974: 249 pages1976: 249 pages1978: 249 pages1981: 249 pages1985: 249 pages1987: 313 pages1992: 212 pages1996: 212 pages1996: 212 pages1996: 304 pages1998: 249 pages1999: 235 pages2001: 250 pages2005: 376 pages2006: 249 pages2016: 249 pages2016: 304 pages2017: 378 pagesmedian 249
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover24974 h 23 min
Paperback31225 h 31 min
Mass market24954 h 23 min

Editions counted

The 20 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 57 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2017Thorndike Press–378OL28862106M
2016Bound to Stay Bound Books–249OL53345645M
2016Delacorte PressHardcover304OL26427671M
2006Listening LibraryHardcover249OL10352442M
2005Thorndike PressPaperback376OL8136984M
2001Laurel Leaf BooksMass Market Paperback250OL7824010M
1999EMC/Paradigm Pub.–235OL41666M
1998YearlingMass Market Paperback249OL26334838M

Questions

How many pages is Where the Red Fern Grows?
About 249 pages: that is the median of 20 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 212 to 378 pages.
How long does it take to read Where the Red Fern Grows?
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 Where the Red Fern Grows?
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)).