Fourth Grade Rats by the numbers
Jerry Spinelli · first published 1991 · dataset 2026-07-21
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Length and reading time
| Pages (dataset edition) | 90 |
|---|---|
| Estimated words | 25,000 |
| Reading time, 300 wpm (fast) | 1 h 23 min |
| Reading time, 250 wpm (average adult) | 1 h 39 min |
| Reading time, 200 wpm (careful / younger reader) | 2 h 4 min |
| Days at 20 minutes a day | 5 |
At 90 pages, Fourth Grade Rats is longer than 22.9% of the 1,664 books on the reading lists we track. It is shorter than the median book listed for grades 3-5 (186 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 Fourth Grade Rats is on school reading lists
3 appearances (0.0% of all 13,258 listings in the dataset), drawn from 1 published list, in grades 4th–6th. 3 of the 3 carry a link to the published source document.
States (1): Maryland.
| Grade | Listings |
|---|---|
| 4th | 1 |
| 5th | 1 |
| 6th | 1 |
Sources
Questions
How many pages is Fourth Grade Rats?
Fourth Grade Rats by Jerry Spinelli is 90 pages in the edition recorded in our dataset. Page counts vary by edition and format; at about 275 words per page that is roughly 25,000 words.
How long does it take to read Fourth Grade Rats?
About 1 h 39 min at an average adult pace of 250 words per minute (1 h 23 min at 300 wpm, 2 h 4 min at 200 wpm). At 20 minutes a day that is about 5 days.
Is Fourth Grade Rats on school reading lists?
Yes. It appears 3 times on the U.S. school reading lists, award lists and curricula in our dataset, in 1 state, most often in grades 3-5. That ranks it #1,483 of 1,664 listed books.
Related
- Fourth Grade Rats: reading level, grades and similar booksOn ReadingList, our sister site for school reading lists.
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- The most assigned books, rankedAll 1,664 listed books start here.
- Book length statisticsHow long assigned books are, by grade.
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