How long does it take to read Specials?
Specials by Scott Westerfeld takes about 7 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours
A weekend read
First published 2006. 382 pages, about 105,050 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 40 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 23 minutes |
The page count is the median across 29 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
After being captured and surgically transformed into a "special," teenaged Tally Youngblood, now a government agent programmed to protect society from outside threats, is ordered to eliminate the rebel colony New Smoke, Tally's former home.
Subjects: Fiction, Personal Beauty, Brainwashing, Science fiction, Teenage girls, Insurgency
