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How long does it take to read Darkwing?

Kenneth Oppel, Keith Thompson

Darkwing by Kenneth Oppel, Keith Thompson takes about 7 hours 44 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 7 hours 44 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2007. 422 pages, about 116,050 words. Written for children.

16 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 12 hours 54 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 7 hours 44 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 50 minutes

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

About the book

As the sun sets on the time of the dinosaurs, a new world is left in its wake. . . . DuskHe alone can fly and see in the dark, in a colony where being different means being shunned — or worse. As the leader's son, he is protected, but does his future lie among his kin? CarnassialHe has the true instincts of a predator, and he is determined that his kind will not only survive, but will dominate the world of beasts. From the author of the internationally acclaimed Silverwing trilogy comes an extraordinary adventure set sixty-five million years ago. Kenneth Oppel, winner of a Michael L. Printz Honor for airborn, has crafted a breathtaking animal tale that reaches out to the human in all of us.

Subjects: Fantasy, Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Prehistoric animals, Bats, Survival

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