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How long does it take to read Deerskin?

Robin McKinley

Deerskin by Robin McKinley takes about 5 hours 40 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 5 hours 40 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1993. 309 pages, about 84,975 words.

12 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 9 hours 27 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 40 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 32 minutes

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

About the book

From the award-winning author of Sunshine comes a novel that "will involve readers from the first to the last page with its sheer beauty, its anguish, agony, horror, despair, and, ultimately, its joy" (Kliatt). As Princess Lissar reaches womanhood, it is clear to all the kingdom that in her breathtaking beauty she is the mirror image of her mother, the queen. But this seeming blessing forces her to flee for safety from her father's lust and madness. With her loyal dog Ash at her side, Lissar will unlock a door to a world of magic, where she will find the key to her survival-and an adventure beyond her wildest dreams.

Subjects: Fiction, Princesses, Fathers and daughters, Conflict of generations, Women dog owners, Dogs

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