A Long Walk to Water by the numbers
Linda Sue Park · first published 2010 · dataset 2026-07-21
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Length and reading time
| Pages (dataset edition) | 128 |
|---|---|
| Estimated words | 35,000 |
| Reading time, 300 wpm (fast) | 1 h 57 min |
| Reading time, 250 wpm (average adult) | 2 h 21 min |
| Reading time, 200 wpm (careful / younger reader) | 2 h 56 min |
| Days at 20 minutes a day | 8 |
| Lexile measure | 720L |
At 128 pages, A Long Walk to Water is longer than 29.2% of the 1,664 books on the reading lists we track. It is shorter than the median book listed for grades 6-8 (223 pages).
Word counts and reading times are estimates: pages × 275 words, divided by the reading speed. Your edition's page count and your own pace will differ.
Where A Long Walk to Water is on school reading lists
4 appearances (0.0% of all 13,258 listings in the dataset), drawn from 1 published list, in grades 5th–8th. 4 of the 4 carry a link to the published source document.
States (1): New Hampshire.
| Grade | Listings |
|---|---|
| 5th | 1 |
| 6th | 1 |
| 7th | 1 |
| 8th | 1 |
Sources
Questions
How many pages is A Long Walk to Water?
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park is 128 pages in the edition recorded in our dataset. Page counts vary by edition and format; at about 275 words per page that is roughly 35,000 words.
How long does it take to read A Long Walk to Water?
About 2 h 21 min at an average adult pace of 250 words per minute (1 h 57 min at 300 wpm, 2 h 56 min at 200 wpm). At 20 minutes a day that is about 8 days.
Is A Long Walk to Water on school reading lists?
Yes. It appears 4 times on the U.S. school reading lists, award lists and curricula in our dataset, in 1 state, most often in grades 6-8. That ranks it #1,123 of 1,664 listed books.
Related
- A Long Walk to Water: reading level, grades and similar booksOn ReadingList, our sister site for school reading lists.
- Books of about the same lengthThe Adventures of Captain Underpants (125 pp.) · The Door in the Wall (125 pp.) · Night (120 pp.) · The Midwife's Apprentice (143 pp.)
- The most assigned books, rankedAll 1,664 listed books start here.
- Book length statisticsHow long assigned books are, by grade.
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