It takes the average reader 1 hour and 38 minutes to read Box of Delights by Piers Torday
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Kay Harker is heading home for the school holidays. Recently orphaned, he knows this Christmas will be different but nothing could prepare him for the journey that lies ahead. On the train he meets an old magician, Cole Hawlings, who charges Kay with safeguarding a wondrous device that has time-travelling powers. It's an instrument that Cole's nemesis, the wicked sorcerer Abner Brown, will stop at nothing to steal for himself. And so when the old man mysteriously disappears, Kay faces the fight of his life. He must protect both the Box of Delights and, with it, the people he loves. The Box of...
Box of Delights by Piers Torday is 96 pages long, and a total of 24,576 words.
This makes it 32% the length of the average book. It also has 30% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 14 minutes to read Box of Delights aloud.
Box of Delights is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.
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