How long does it take to read Hilda and the Midnight Giant?
Hilda and the Midnight Giant by Luke Pearson takes about 48 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 48 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2012. 44 pages, about 12,100 words.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 21 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 48 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 30 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Hilda finds her world turned upside down as she faces the prospect of leaving her snow-capped birthplace for the hum of the megalopolis. Her mother, an architect, has been offered a prestigious position in the bustling metropolis that she would find hard to reject. Besides, the tiny elven creatures making a daily habit of bombarding them with threats isn't making Hilda's case any better. As she seeks ways to stall her mother's decision, Hilda rushes to befriend the very source of her malady - will they help or hinder her? More importantly, who is this mysterious Midnight Giant? -- pub. website.
Subjects: Giants, Hogar, Duendes, Girls, Fiction, Muchachas