The Midwife's Apprentice by the numbers
Karen Cushman · first published 1995 · dataset 2026-07-21
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Length and reading time
| Pages (dataset edition) | 143 |
|---|---|
| Estimated words | 39,000 |
| Reading time, 300 wpm (fast) | 2 h 11 min |
| Reading time, 250 wpm (average adult) | 2 h 37 min |
| Reading time, 200 wpm (careful / younger reader) | 3 h 17 min |
| Days at 20 minutes a day | 8 |
At 143 pages, The Midwife's Apprentice is longer than 32.6% 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 The Midwife's Apprentice is on school reading lists
5 appearances (0.0% of all 13,258 listings in the dataset), drawn from 1 published list, in grades 3rd–7th. 5 of the 5 carry a link to the published source document.
| Grade | Listings |
|---|---|
| 3rd | 1 |
| 4th | 1 |
| 5th | 1 |
| 6th | 1 |
| 7th | 1 |
Sources
- Newbery Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1996 Newbery Medal winner · checked 2026-06-20
Questions
How many pages is The Midwife's Apprentice?
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman is 143 pages in the edition recorded in our dataset. Page counts vary by edition and format; at about 275 words per page that is roughly 39,000 words.
How long does it take to read The Midwife's Apprentice?
About 2 h 37 min at an average adult pace of 250 words per minute (2 h 11 min at 300 wpm, 3 h 17 min at 200 wpm). At 20 minutes a day that is about 8 days.
Is The Midwife's Apprentice on school reading lists?
Yes. It appears 5 times on the U.S. school reading lists, award lists and curricula in our dataset, in no single state (national curricula only) plus 5 national-curriculum listings, most often in grades 3-5. That ranks it #1,080 of 1,664 listed books.
Related
- The Midwife's Apprentice: reading level, grades and similar booksOn ReadingList, our sister site for school reading lists.
- Books of about the same lengthThe Bad Guys (144 pp.) · A Long Walk to Water (128 pp.) · Shiloh (160 pp.) · Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (160 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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