How long does it take to read Dread Mountain?
Dread Mountain by Emily Rodda takes about 2 hours 21 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 5 of Deltora Quest octology
Previous: The Shifting Sands Next: City of the Rats
About 2 hours 21 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2000. 128 pages, about 35,200 words. Written for children.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 55 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 21 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 28 minutes |
The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Shadow Lord dominates the Land of Deltora. Only Lief, Barda, and Jasmine can save it from his evil powers. To do this, they must restore all seven gems to the magic Belt of Deltora.Four gems have been found. Now grave news has reached Lief from his home. He longs to return--but the quest must continue. To find the fifth stone, the heroes must venture to the edge of the Shadowlands and enter the dark and terrifying realm of the monster Gellik.Can Lief, Barda, and Jasmine survive Dread Mountain?
Subjects: Magic, Quests (Expeditions), Fiction, Fantasy, Juvenile fiction, Quête
