How long does it take to read Watch the Skies?
Watch the Skies by James Patterson, Ned Rust takes about 5 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 2 of Daniel X
Previous: The Dangerous Days of Daniel X Next: Demons and Druids
About 5 hours 17 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1978. 288 pages, about 79,200 words. Written for children.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 17 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 19 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
LIGHTSAll's quiet in the small town of Holliswood. Television sets, computers, and portable devices are aglow in every home, classroom, and store. Yet not all is perfect. Evil is lurking, just out of sight, behind the screen. CAMERAResiding in this sleepy town is a villain with more ambition than the world can withstand. Twisted beyond reason, he is dead set on throwing Holliswood into chaos and documenting the destruction of every person in it, including Daniel X.EXTERMINATIONThe only person who can stop this made-for-TV tyrant, Daniel must use his extraordinary power to save the town. But this devilish director has assembled an all-star team of his own creation and vows to stage the most spectacular finale the world has ever seen. Can Daniel X stop this deranged outlaw--or will he find himself on the cutting room floor?
Subjects: Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Thriller, Extraterrestrial beings, Small cities, Human-alien encounters
