How long does it take to read A War of Gifts?
A War of Gifts by Orson Scott Card takes about 2 hours 21 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1.5 of Ender's Saga
Previous: Shadow of the Giant Next: Speaker for the Dead
About 2 hours 21 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2006. 128 pages, about 35,200 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 55 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 21 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 28 minutes |
The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
At the Battle School, there is only one purpose, only one curriculum: the strategy and tactics of war. The children are drawn from all nations, all races, all religions. There is no room for cultural differences, no room for religious observances, and certainly no room for Santa Claus. But the young warriors disagree. When one of them leaves a Sinterklaas Day gift in his best friend's shoe, that quiet act of rebellion becomes the first shot in a war of wills that the staff of the Battle School never bargained for.
Subjects: Ender Wiggin (Fictitious character), Fiction, Ender Wiggin (Fictional character), Toleration, Science fiction, Christmas
