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How long does it take to read Akata Warrior?

Nnedi Okorafor, Yetide Badaki, Carla Bataller Estruch

Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor, Yetide Badaki, Carla Bataller Estruch takes about 9 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

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About 9 hours 6 minutes

A week or two of reading

First published 2017. 496 pages, about 136,400 words. Written for children.

19 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 15 hours 9 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 9 hours 6 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 5 hours 41 minutes

The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

A year ago, Sunny Nwazue, an American-born girl Nigerian girl, was inducted into the secret Leopard Society. As she began to develop her magical powers, Sunny learned that she had been chosen to lead a dangerous mission to avert an apocalypse, brought about by the terrifying masquerade, Ekwensu. Now, stronger, feistier, and a bit older, Sunny is studying with her mentor Sugar Cream and struggling to unlock the secrets in her strange Nsibidi book. Eventually, Sunny knows she must confront her destiny. With the support of her Leopard Society friends, Orlu, Chichi, and Sasha, and of her spirit face, Anyanwu, she will travel through worlds both visible and invisible to the mysteries town of Osisi, where she will fight a climactic battle to save humanity.

Subjects: Magic, Albinos and albinism, Blacks, Paranormal fiction, Secret societies, Fiction

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