Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles Book 1)

Reading Level
Grade 9
Time to Read
6 hrs 14 mins

Reading Level

What is the reading level of Cinder ?

Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of Cinder is 8th and 9th grade. Readers on Amazon consider it readable at 7 - 12 Grade Level.

What is the Lexile Measure of Cinder ?

A popular method used by schools to measure a student reader’s ability is Lexile level or a Lexile Measure. The Lexile Level of Cinder is 790L .

What age is Cinder suitable for ?

Readers of age 12 - 18 years will enjoy Cinder .

Expert Readability Tests for
Cinder

Readability Test Reading Level
Flesch Kincaid Scale Grade 8
SMOG Index Grade 10
Coleman Liau Index Grade 18
Dale Chall Readability Score Grade 7

Reading Time

6 hrs 14 mins

How long to read Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles Book 1)?

The estimated word count of Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles Book 1) is 93,310 words.

A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 6 hrs 14 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 10 hrs 23 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 3 hrs 28 mins.

Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles Book 1) - 93,310 words
Reading Speed Time to Read
Slow 150 words/min 10 hrs 23 mins
Average 250 words/min 6 hrs 14 mins
Fast 450 words/min 3 hrs 28 mins

More about Cinder

93,310 words

Word Count

for Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles Book 1)

400 pages

Pages
Hardcover: 400 pages
Paperback: 448 pages
Kindle: 418 pages

10 hours and 2 minutes

Audiobook length


Description

The #1 New York Times Bestselling Series!Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth's fate hinges on one girl. . . . Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She's a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister's illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai's, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world's future. Marissa Meyer on Cinder, writing, and leading menWhich of your characters is most like you?I wish I could say that I'm clever and mechanically-minded like Cinder, but no―I can't fix anything. I'm much more like Cress, who makes a brief cameo in Cinder and then takes a more starring role in the third book. She's a romantic and a daydreamer and maybe a little on the naïve side―things that could be said about me too―although she does find courage when it's needed most. I think we'd all like to believe we'd have that same inner strength if we ever needed it. Where do you write?I have a home office that I've decorated with vintage fairy tale treasures that I've collected (my favorite is a Cinderella cookie jar from the forties) and NaNoWriMo posters, but sometimes writing there starts to feel too much like work. On those days I'll write in bed or take my laptop out for coffee or lunch.If you were stranded on a desert island, which character from Cinder would you want with you?Cinder, definitely! She has an internet connection in her brain, complete with the ability to send and receive comms (which are similar to e-mails). We'd just have enough time to enjoy some fresh coconut before we were rescued. The next book in the Lunar Chronicles is called Scarlet, and is about Little Red Riding Hood. What is appealing to you most about this character as you work on the book?Scarlet is awesome―she's very independent, a bit temperamental, and has an outspokenness that tends to get her in trouble sometimes. She was raised by her grandmother, an ex-military pilot who now owns a small farm in southern France, who not only taught Scarlet how to fly a spaceship and shoot a gun, but also to have a healthy respect and appreciation for nature. I guess that's a lot of things that appeal to me about her, but she's been a really fun character to write! (The two leading men in Scarlet, Wolf and Captain Thorne, aren't half bad either.) Read more