How many words are normal for a children's novel?
Say 5th - 8th grade, if that's the best way to measure it.
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According to Colleen Lindsay (former agent), a middle grade novel has on average 35K words. http://theswivet.blogspot.com/2008/03/on-word-counts-and-novel-length.html |
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If you write a really good story like Harry Potter, you can get away with making kids read an almost infinite amount of words. Although, you'll notice with the Harry Potter books the length of each book increases with each release in the series. So if you're writing a series, start small, then increase the word count with each release. Publishers are probably more open to this approach, since when you become more established, there's less risk for them with bigger books. |
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The word count does not matter until it is good enough to engross the children into it and that the story is a right mix of its own ingredients makes it worth a read. Just research a bit with your neighborhood kids, or relatives having kids of that particular age group. If you have good network of friends, you might come up with helping hands for your cause. That will be first-hand original data for your own good. :-) |
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