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The Keys to the Kingdom #4

Garth Nix

Sir Thursday by Garth Nix takes about 6 hours 23 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Book 4 of The Keys to the Kingdom

Previous: Drowned Wednesday Next: Lady Friday

About 6 hours 23 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2006. 348 pages, about 95,700 words. Written for children.

13 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 10 hours 38 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 6 hours 23 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 59 minutes

The page count is the median across 15 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Get ready for more brilliant page-turning fantasy from master, Garth Nix. On the fourth day there was war! Pick up with Arthur Penhaligon as his Keys to the Kingdom adventures continue in the mysterious House.Following their adventures in the Border Sea, Arthur and Leaf head for home. But only Leaf gets through the Front Door. Arthur is blocked because someone – or something – has assumed his identity and is taking over his life. Before Arthur can take action, he is drafted by Sir Thursday and forced to join the Glorious Army of the Architect. The Army has its headquarters in the Great Maze, a defensive area of the House. Half of the Maze has already been dissolved by Nothing, and hordes of Nithlings emerge regularly to attack the rest. If the Nithling invasion can overcome the Army and the Great Maze, the House will be lost and the whole universe with it. While Leaf tries to banish Arthur's doppelganger on earth, Arthur must survive his basic training, avoid getting posted to the Front and work out how he can free Part Four of the Will and gain the Fourth Key from Sir Thursday. If the latest, strongest and most dangerous Nithling offensive doesn't break through first...

Subjects: Magic, Juvenile fiction, Space and time, Fiction, Fantasy, Soldiers

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