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How long does it take to read Starclimber?

Kenneth Oppel

Starclimber by Kenneth Oppel takes about 7 hours 15 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Part of Matt Cruse

Previous: Skybreaker

About 7 hours 15 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2008. 395 pages, about 108,625 words. Written for children.

15 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 12 hours 4 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 7 hours 15 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 32 minutes

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

About the book

"Mr. Cruse, how high would you like to fly?"A smile soared across my face."As high as I possibly can."Pilot-in-training Matt Cruse and Kate de Vries, expert on high-altitude life-forms, are invited aboard the Starclimber, a vessel that literally climbs its way into the cosmos. Before they even set foot aboard the ship, catastrophe strikes:Kate announces she is engaged — and not to Matt.Despite this bombshell, Matt and Kate embark on their journey into space, but soon the ship is surrounded by strange and unsettling life-forms, and the crew is forced to combat devastating mechanical failure. For Matt, Kate, and the entire crew of the Starclimber, what began as an exciting race to the stars has now turned into a battle to save their lives.Award-winning and bestselling author Kenneth Oppel brings us back to a rich world of flight and fantasy in this breathtaking new sequel to Airborn and Skybreaker.

Subjects: Science Fiction, Adventure and adventurers, Juvenile Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy, Interpersonal relations

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