How long does it take to read The Beginning?
The Beginning by K. A. Applegate takes about 2 hours 55 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 48 of Animorphs
Previous: The Answer Next: The Absolute
About 2 hours 55 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2001. 159 pages, about 43,725 words. Written for children.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 55 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 49 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
No one ever thought it would come to this. Jake, Rachel, Tobias, Cassie, Marco, and Ax know that even if they could have warned people in the beginning, no one would have believed their story. A story about an invasion of parasitic aliens. So, for all this time, Jake, the other Animorphs, and Ax have secretly fought a desperate battle. Secretly held the Yeerks at bay. But those days are over. It's come down to the final battle between the Yeerks and Animorphs. And no one knows who will win, lose, or live...
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Metamorphosis, Love, Love stories, Children's fiction, Fantasy fiction
