Touching Spirit Bear by the numbers
Ben Mikaelsen · first published 2001 · dataset 2026-07-21
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Length and reading time
| Pages (dataset edition) | 241 |
|---|---|
| Estimated words | 66,000 |
| Reading time, 300 wpm (fast) | 3 h 41 min |
| Reading time, 250 wpm (average adult) | 4 h 25 min |
| Reading time, 200 wpm (careful / younger reader) | 5 h 31 min |
| Days at 20 minutes a day | 14 |
At 241 pages, Touching Spirit Bear is longer than 60.2% of the 1,664 books on the reading lists we track. It is longer 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 Touching Spirit Bear is on school reading lists
15 appearances (0.1% of all 13,258 listings in the dataset), drawn from 5 published lists, in grades 6th–8th. 15 of the 15 carry a link to the published source document.
States (5): California, Florida, Nebraska, North Dakota, Wisconsin.
| Grade | Listings |
|---|---|
| 6th | 5 |
| 7th | 5 |
| 8th | 5 |
Sources
- Florida Department of Education + Florida Association for Media in Education (FAME) — Sunshine State Young Readers Award, grades 3-5 + 6-8 (student-choice; since 1983); winner roll · checked 2026-06-15
- North Dakota Library Association — Flicker Tale Children's Book Award (student-choice; annual since 1978; Juvenile/Chapter + Intermediate + Older-Reader divisions); winner roll 1978-2025 · checked 2026-06-15
- California Young Reader Medal — statewide student-choice program sponsored by CRA, CSLA, CLA & CATE (Intermediate/Middle School/Young Adult divisions; annual since 1974) · checked 2026-06-15
- Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association — Golden Archer Award (student-choice; Intermediate + Middle/Junior High; annual since 1974) · checked 2026-06-15
- Nebraska Library Association — Golden Sower Award (student-choice; Honeybee grades 3-5 + Meadowlark grades 6-9; annual since 1981) · checked 2026-06-15
Questions
How many pages is Touching Spirit Bear?
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen is 241 pages in the edition recorded in our dataset. Page counts vary by edition and format; at about 275 words per page that is roughly 66,000 words.
How long does it take to read Touching Spirit Bear?
About 4 h 25 min at an average adult pace of 250 words per minute (3 h 41 min at 300 wpm, 5 h 31 min at 200 wpm). At 20 minutes a day that is about 14 days.
Is Touching Spirit Bear on school reading lists?
Yes. It appears 15 times on the U.S. school reading lists, award lists and curricula in our dataset, in 5 states, most often in grades 6-8. That ranks it #130 of 1,664 listed books.
Related
- Touching Spirit Bear: reading level, grades and similar booksOn ReadingList, our sister site for school reading lists.
- Books of about the same lengthThe Crossover (240 pp.) · Matilda (240 pp.) · Dog Man (240 pp.) · A Wolf Called Wander (242 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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