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How long does it take to read The Girl Who Saved Christmas?

Matt Haig, Carey Mulligan, Chris Mould

The Girl Who Saved Christmas by Matt Haig, Carey Mulligan, Chris Mould takes about 6 hours 1 minute to read at 250 words a minute.

About 6 hours 1 minute

A weekend read

First published 2016. 328 pages, about 90,200 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 1 minute
Average, 250 words a minute 6 hours 1 minute
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 46 minutes

The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Settings: Victorian London; North Pole - Amelia Wishart is a lowly chimney sweep who despite her meager existence exudes the kind of hope providing thrust of Santa's sleigh. But when she is sent to the workhouse and her hope drains away, Santa is worried he may have to cancel Christmas if there is diminished hope to power his sleigh.

Subjects: Children's fiction, Christmas, fiction, Juvenile fiction, Christmas stories, Literature and fiction, juvenile

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