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How long does it take to read Shadow of the Giant?

Orson Scott Card

Shadow of the Giant by Orson Scott Card takes about 6 hours 45 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 6 hours 45 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2000. 368 pages, about 101,200 words.

14 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 11 hours 15 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 6 hours 45 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 13 minutes

The page count is the median across 18 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Bean, nearing death, and his wife Petra search for their stolen children with the help of their former Battle School classmates while Peter Wiggin attempts to restore world government with himself as hegemon.

Subjects: Life on other planets, Fiction, Space colonies, Fiction, fantasy, general, Battle school (imaginary place), fiction, Vida en otros planeta

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