How long does it take to read The Figure in the Shadows?
The Figure in the Shadows by John Bellairs takes about 2 hours 55 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 2 of Lewis Barnavelt
Previous: The House with a Clock in Its Walls Next: The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring
About 2 hours 55 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1975. 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 20 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Chubby Lewis, the timid but dauntless hero of The House with a Clock in Its Walls, returns in an even scarier tale of magic and mystery. Investigating the contents of Grandfather Barnavelt's ancient trunk, Lewis and Uncle Jonathan discover an old coin. Lewis hopes it's an amulet whose magic will protect him from bullies. Together with his new friend Rosa Rita, he performs a test to find the coin's power--but neither Lewis nor Rosa Rita is prepared for the astonishing and sinister events that follow.
Subjects: Magic, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Fortune, Magic, fiction
