How long does it take to read The Devil and His Boy?
The Devil and His Boy by Anthony Horowitz takes about 3 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 20 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1998. 182 pages, about 50,050 words. Written for children.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 34 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 20 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 5 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Tom Falconer is in trouble. Pursued by the notorious criminal Ratsey, Tom soon finds himself alone and hungry on the streets of London. Luckily enough, the mysterious Dr. Mobius soon recruits Tom to play an important role in a play to be performed in front of Queen Elizabeth. Tom knows there's something not right about Mobius, but he's willing to take a risk in order to keep his neck out of Ratsey's murderous hands. Little does Tom realize that Mobius's dark secret will trap him in the middle of an international conspiracy, holding the fate of the English empire in his hands.
Subjects: Fiction, Theater, Adventure and adventurers, Adventure and adventurers in fiction, Theater in fiction, England in fiction
