How long does it take to read An Acquaintance With Darkness?
An Acquaintance With Darkness by Ann Rinaldi takes about 5 hours 29 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
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About 5 hours 29 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1997. 299 pages, about 82,225 words. Written for children.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 8 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 29 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 26 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Fourteen-year-old Emily Pigbush suspects that her uncle is involved in body snatching. Meanwhile, her best friend's family is accused of plotting to kill Abraham Lincoln, and Emily is left unsure of whom she can trust.
Subjects: Assassination, Body snatching, Fiction, History, Physicians, Children's fiction
