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How long does it take to read Among the Barons?

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Among the Barons by Margaret Peterson Haddix takes about 3 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Book 4 of Shadow Children

Previous: Among the Betrayed Next: Among the Brave

About 3 hours 20 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1998. 182 pages, about 50,050 words. Written for children.

7 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 5 hours 34 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 3 hours 20 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 5 minutes

The page count is the median across 15 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

In a future world of false identities, government lies, and death threats, Luke feels drawn to the younger brother of the boy whose name Luke has taken. Its a hell of a mystery.

Subjects: Science Fiction, Young adult fiction, Dystopian Fiction, Brothers, Fiction, Juvenile fiction

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