How long does it take to read Illegal?
Illegal by Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin takes about 2 hours 14 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 14 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2017. 122 pages, about 33,550 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 14 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 24 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Ilegal es un relato sobre la irreductible lucha de un niño, Ebo, por alcanzar una nueva vida y reunirse con su hermana, ausente desde hace meses. Ahora su hermano también ha desaparecido y Ebo sabe que tiene que emprender el arriesgado viaje a Europa. En su épico viaje Ebo sobrevivirá al desierto del Sáhara hasta llegar a la feroz ciudad de Trípoli y desde allí se adentrará en las peligrosas aguas del Mediterráneo. En cada paso se aferrará a la esperanza de una nueva vida"--Publisher's website. This is a powerful and timely story about one boy's epic journey across Africa to Europe, a graphic novel for all children with glorious colour artwork throughout. Ebo: alone. His sister left months ago. Now his brother has disappeared too, and Ebo knows it can only be to make the hazardous journey to Europe. Ebo's epic journey takes him across the Sahara Desert to the dangerous streets of Tripoli, and finally out to the merciless sea. But with every step he holds on to his hope for a new life, and a reunion with his sister.
Subjects: Supervivencia, Refugees, Survival, Comic books, strips, Niños inmigrantes, Immigrant children
