How long does it take to read Scorpia?
Scorpia by Anthony Horowitz takes about 6 hours 40 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 5 of Alex Rider
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About 6 hours 40 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2004. 364 pages, about 100,100 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 7 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 40 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 10 minutes |
The page count is the median across 20 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Still reeling from the terrible discovery he has made about his father, teenage MI6 superspy, Alex Rider, is determined to find out more. Travelling to Italy, he manages to infiltrate the glamorous world of Claudia Rothman, beautiful society hostess and member of the international criminal organization, Scorpia. She reveals that Alex's father was murdered by MI6, in an operation masterminded by Head of Special Operations, Mrs Jones. Shocked and angry, Alex faces a choice: to continue to work with the British security services, or to become an agent for Scorpia — and get revenge.
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Spies, Orphans, Terrorism, Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
