How long does it take to read The Fire Within?
The Fire Within by Chris D'Lacey takes about 6 hours 14 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of The Last Dragon Chronicles
Next: Icefire
About 6 hours 14 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2001. 340 pages, about 93,500 words. Written for children.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 23 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 14 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 54 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
When David moves in with Liz and Lucy, he discovers a collection of hand crafted, clay dragons that comes to life and has magical powers. David's personalized dragon, Gadzooks, can forecast the future, and inspires him to write a story which reveals the truth behind an unsolved mystery close to home. The story has an unhappy ending, and when David realizes the consequences of it he is angry. Then David finds Gadzooks crying and near death, and he discovers that these special dragons die when they are not loved. Soon David is forced to save his friend and unlock the powers of the fire within.
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Dragons, Boardinghouses, Supernatural, Authorship, Fiction
