How long does it take to read Poison?
Poison by Chris Wooding takes about 5 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 17 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2003. 288 pages, about 79,200 words. Written for children.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 17 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Thusly named by her stepmother's accusation of being poisonous, Poison is a smart aleck girl that seems to enjoy little in her life except her baby sister. So, when one night, a scarecrow swaps her sister for a changeling, Poison knows she has to set out and rescue her sister. During this adventure, she meets loyal friends, a cat who is more than it seems, evil Phaeries and uncovers a murderous plan. This is the story of Poison discovering who she can be and then having to decide who she is as well.
Subjects: Young adult fiction, Teenage girls, Storytelling, Fairies, Fiction, Fantasy
