How long does it take to read The Shadow in the North?
The Shadow in the North by Philip Pullman takes about 6 hours 4 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 2 of Sally Lockhart
Previous: The Ruby in the Smoke Next: The Tiger in the Well
About 6 hours 4 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1986. 331 pages, about 91,025 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 7 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 4 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 48 minutes |
The page count is the median across 39 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In 1878 in London, Sally, now twenty-two and established in her own business, and her companions Frederick and Jim try to solve the mystery surrounding the unexpected collapse of a shipping firm and its ties to a sinister corporation called North Star.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories, English Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Mystery and detective stories, Roman policier
