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How long does it take to read The Thief?

Megan Whalen Turner

The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner takes about 4 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Book 1 of Queen's Thief

Next: The Queen of Attolia

About 4 hours 6 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1996. 224 pages, about 61,600 words. Written for children.

9 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 6 hours 51 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 4 hours 6 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 34 minutes

The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Gen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief and relishes the adventure which takes him to a remote temple of the gods where he will attempt to steal a precious stone.

Subjects: Fiction, Robbers and outlaws, Adventure and adventurers, Juvenile Fiction, Thieves, Adventure stories

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