Readers on Amazon consider it readable at 7 - 12 Grade Level.
A popular method used by schools to measure a student reader’s ability is Lexile level or a Lexile Measure. The Lexile Level of Shadow and Bone is 800L .
Readers of age 13 years and up will enjoy Shadow and Bone .
The estimated word count of Shadow and Bone (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy Book 1) is 86,955 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 5 hrs 48 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 9 hrs 40 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 3 hrs 14 mins.
Shadow and Bone (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy Book 1) - 86,955 words | ||
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Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
Slow | 150 words/min | 9 hrs 40 mins |
Average | 250 words/min | 5 hrs 48 mins |
Fast | 450 words/min | 3 hrs 14 mins |
for Shadow and Bone (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy Book 1)
See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with the Netflix series, Shadow and Bone -- Season 2 streaming now!Discover the adventure that started it all and meet Alina, Mal, and the Darkling in Shadow and Bone from #1 bestselling author, Leigh Bardugo. Soldier. Summoner. Saint. Orphaned and expendable, Alina Starkov is a soldier who knows she may not survive her first trek across the Shadow Fold―a swath of unnatural darkness crawling with monsters. But when her regiment is attacked, Alina unleashes dormant magic not even she knew she possessed. Now Alina will enter a lavish world of royalty and intrigue as she trains with the Grisha, her country’s magical military elite―and falls under the spell of their notorious leader, the Darkling. He believes Alina can summon a force capable of destroying the Shadow Fold and reuniting their war-ravaged country, but only if she can master her untamed gift. As the threat to the kingdom mounts and Alina unlocks the secrets of her past, she will make a dangerous discovery that could threaten all she loves and the very future of a nation. Welcome to Ravka . . . a world of science and superstition where nothing is what it seems. A New York Times Bestseller A Los Angeles Times Bestseller An Indie Next List Book This title has Common Core connections.Read all the books in the Grishaverse!The Shadow and Bone Trilogy (previously published as The Grisha Trilogy) Shadow and Bone Siege and Storm Ruin and Rising The Six of Crows Duology Six of Crows Crooked KingdomThe King of Scars DuologyKing of ScarsRule of Wolves The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous MagicThe Severed Moon: A Year-Long Journal of MagicThe Lives of SaintsDemon in the Wood Graphic NovelPraise for the Grishaverse “A master of fantasy.” ―The Huffington Post “Utterly, extremely bewitching.” ―The Guardian Read more