How long does it take to read The Blue Sword?
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley takes about 4 hours 59 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of Damar
Next: The Hero and the Crown
About 4 hours 59 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1982. 272 pages, about 74,800 words. Written for children.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 19 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 59 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 7 minutes |
The page count is the median across 32 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This is the story of Corlath, golden-eyed king of the Free Hillfolk, son of the sons of the Lady Aerin. And this is the story of Harry Crewe, the Homelander orphan girl who became Harimad-sol, King's Rider, and heir to the Blue Sword, Gonturan, that no woman had wielded since the Lady Aerin herself bore it into battle. And this is the song of the kelar of the Hillfolk, the magic of the blood, the weaver of destinies... --back cover
Subjects: Fantasy, Fiction, Juvenile works, Juvenile fiction, Juvenile audience, colonies
