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How long does it take to read Crocodile Tears?

Anthony Horowitz

Crocodile Tears by Anthony Horowitz takes about 7 hours 7 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Book 8 of Alex Rider

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About 7 hours 7 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2009. 388 pages, about 106,700 words. Written for children.

15 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 11 hours 51 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 7 hours 7 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 27 minutes

The page count is the median across 18 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

It's just another day in the life of an average kid. If you're Alex Rider, that is.A con artist has realized there is big money in charityu the bigger the disaster, the greater the money flow! So that is what he will produce: the biggest disaster known to man, all thanks to genetically modified corn that can release a virus so potent it can knock out an entire country in one windy day. But Alex Rider will face whatever it takesugunfire, explosions, hand-to-hand combat with mercenariesu to bring down his most dangerous adversary yet.Often imitated, never equaled, the series that triggered a reading phenomenon is back, exhilarating and addictive as ever.

Subjects: Young Adult Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Alex Rider (Fictitious character), Charities, Fiction, Thriller

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