How long does it take to read Boy In The Tower?
Polly Ho-Yen
Boy In The Tower by Polly Ho-Yen takes about 6 hours 1 minute to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 1 minute
A weekend read
First published 2001. 328 pages, about 90,200 words. Written for children.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 1 minute |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 1 minute |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 46 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
When they first arrived, they came quietly and stealthily as if they tip-toed into the world when we were all looking the other way. Ade loves living at the top of a tower block. From his window, he feels like he can see the whole world stretching out beneath him. But one day, other tower blocks start falling down around him. Strange, menacing plants begin to appear and no one knows where they came from. Now their tower isn't safe anymore. Ade and his mum are trapped and there's no way out.
Subjects: Children's fiction, Fear, fiction, Friendship, fiction, Boys, Juvenile fiction, Mothers and sons
