How long does it take to read Double Cross?
Double Cross by Malorie Blackman takes about 8 hours 41 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 4 of Noughts & Crosses
Previous: Checkmate
About 8 hours 41 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2008. 474 pages, about 130,350 words. Written for children.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 29 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 41 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 26 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The fourth novel in the award-winning Noughts & Crosses sequence - this powerful thriller also tackles new territory as its characters are caught up not just in race but also gang conflict.Everyone assumes the bomb that killed Callie Rose's grandmother was the work of a nought terrorist. But Callie Rose knows the truth - and her fear of the past leaves her afraid for her future.Her boyfriend Tobey is worried about his own future. A nought boy at an exclusive school, Tobey hopes to keep out of trouble, go to university, get a good job and leave the dangerous streets of his childhood behind. But Tobey is discovering that he can't keep clinging to some kind of no-man's land while the neighbourhood around him is carved up by rival gangs. Then he is offered the chance to earn some ready money just making a few 'deliveries'. He doesn't want a part of that world, the world of gangs. But maybe he could get away with it, just this once . . . He little realizes how his decision will bring violence down on both himself and Callie and just how far he will go in fighting back....
Subjects: Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Children's fiction, Gangs, fiction, Terrorism, fiction, Mystery and detective stories
