Board Thread:Rick Riordan Presents/@comment-38639610-20190620205402

SPOILERS FOR ARU SHAH AND THE SONG OF DEATH

Let me preface this by saying that the average 13 year old boy is 5'1" (156.2 cm) tall and a 12-13 year old girl is about, on average, 4'11"-5'2" (149.8-156.7 cm).

Mini is 4'0" (121.9 cm) which is very short for her age. To give you an idea, that is the height of an average 7 year old girl.

Aru is described as "five foot nothing" in Aru Shah and the Song of Death which is actually pretty normal. 5'0" (152.4 cm) is right there in the average height range for her age.

However.

Aiden is described as at least a foot taller than Aru. That would mean he is 6'0" (182.9 cm) tall at minimum. I get a very goofy image in my head when trying to imagine 6'0" Aiden standing next to 4'0" Mini; she'd look like she could be his kid!

Also, keep in mind Aiden isn't the one as described as "ridiculously" tall: Brynne is. I can only assume that means she is even taller than Aiden and by a good margin if "ridiculous" is being used to describe her height (although 6'0" is pretty ridiculously tall for a 13 year old!).

Like, do authors not understand how small most 12-13 year olds are? Most 12-13 year olds either haven't hit puberty or are just hitting it. Even Riordan did this, making Annabeth 5'9" (175.3 cm) at 13 years old.

And before you say, "But I know someone who is that tall and is 13!" let me just say that that is not the norm. 13 year old boys that are over 5'7" (170.2) are considered in the 97th percentile or, in other words, taller than 97% of their demographic.

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