How long does it take to read Ratha's Challenge?
The Fourth Book of the Named
Ratha's Challenge by Clare Bell takes about 4 hours 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of The Books of the Named
Previous: Ratha and Thistle-chaser Next: Ratha's Courage
About 4 hours 30 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1994. 245 pages, about 67,375 words. Written for children.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 29 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 30 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 48 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
As Ratha struggles to reconcile with Thistle-chaser, the daughter she once tried to kill, the Named are locked in another struggle when they confront a strange clan of hunter cats who are driven by and completely dependent on the telepathic song of their leader, True-of-voice. When an accident leaves True-of-voice on the brink of death, Ratha must choose whether to destroy or to save the hunters. It is her daughter who has the knowledge to show Ratha the way...if she can listen. Ratha's Challenge features a teaser for Clare Bell's Ratha's Courage-the first new book about the big cat and her clan in thirteen years.
Subjects: Fiction, Fantasy, Cats, Mothers and daughters, Juvenile fiction, Children's fiction
