36,627words
- Pages
- 176mass market, Bantam Books for Young Readers, 2009
- Reading time
- 2 h 27 minat 250 words a minute
- Listening time
- 3 h 56 minaudiobook pace, 155 words a minute
- First published
- 2004
Book 3 of 4 in The Giver Quartet
Compared with other books
Longer than 5% of the other 366 books here.
Where the numbers come from
Two or more sources agree on the word count.
- arbookfind.comword count
- content.schoolinsites.comword count
- openlibrary.orgpages of this edition · ISBN 9780385737166
Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.
Questions
How many words is Messenger?
Messenger by Lois Lowry has 36,627 words.
How many pages is Messenger?
176 pages in the mass market, Bantam Books for Young Readers, 2009 edition. Other editions have more or fewer pages for the same text.
How long does it take to read Messenger?
About 2 h 27 min at 250 words a minute, or 3 h 56 min as an audiobook.
Writing a book of your own?
Musael counts every chapter as you write, keeps the plan beside the draft and checks names and facts across the book.