How long does it take to read Mister Monday?
Mister Monday by Garth Nix takes about 6 hours 37 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 37 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2003. 361 pages, about 99,275 words. Written for children.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 2 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 37 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 8 minutes |
The page count is the median across 30 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Book one in a blockbuster series, The Keys to the Kingdom, by the internationally acclaimed Garth Nix. Moving between our familiar world and bizarre other realms where nothing is predictable, Nix delivers a thrilling adventure-fantasy of breathtaking scope and ingenuity.Arthur Penhaligon is not supposed to be a hero. He is, in fact, supposed to die an early death. But then he is saved by a key shaped like the minute hand of a clock.Arthur is safe but his world is not. Along with the key comes a plague brought by bizarre creatures from another realm. A stranger named Mister Monday, his avenging messengers with blood-stained wings, and an army of dog-faced Fetchers will stop at nothing to get the key back even if it means destroying Arthur and everything around him.Desperate, Arthur ventures into a mysterious house a house that only he can see. It is in this house that Arthur must unravel the secrets of the key and discover his true fate.Mister Monday is the first book in The Keys to the Kingdom series.Garth Nix is the best-selling author of Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen.
Subjects: Fantasy ., Fantasy fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy, Good and evil
