100 days

Name: 100 days
Author: Nicole McInnes
ISBN: 9780374302849

Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide

A Novel

by Nicole McInnes

Reading Level 5-6 ME · Moderate · Emotional Ages 13+ Matched

The text is written at a 5th grade reading level, the subject matter is intended for teens (ages 13+), and the content has moderate intensity with some emotionally heavy themes. Its HootRating code, ME, means moderate content, mostly emotional.

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About This Book

The soft ticking of the clock fills the silent room, each second a reminder of time slipping away too fast. Imagine feeling older every day, even though you're still young—this is the world of a girl racing against time with her two friends by her side. Together, they discover what it truly means to live fully, even when goodbye feels near.

Themes

FriendshipTerminally IllJuvenile FictionComing of Age

Quick Assessment

Agnes, a teen with progeria who has already outlived her expected lifespan, shares her time with two friends, Moira and Boone, after a painful falling out. The story handles terminal illness, grief, family loss, bullying over body size, and early romantic feelings with honesty and warmth. Readers should be ready for a sad, emotionally heavy ending that centers on mortality, though it focuses on friendship and living fully.

Why we rated 100 days ME (Moderate)

100 days is written at a Level 5-6 reading level across 390 pages. Upper Grades (Ages 13+) is the typical interest range for this book — readers in that age band have the maturity and attention span suited to the story, separate from whether they can decode the words.

We rate 100 days as ME (Moderate, mostly emotional) because the content sits in the "Moderate" range — moderate conflict that may involve loss, scary scenes, or interpersonal stakes. The strongest signals come from emotional weight, thematic difficulty — these are the dimensions parents should evaluate against their reader's tolerance.

No specific content flags were raised by community reviewers, which is consistent with the moderate intensity score.

Thematically, 100 days explores friendship, terminally ill, juvenile fiction, and coming of age — these threads give the book room to mean different things to different readers.

Good fit for

✓ Children in the Ages 13+ range — the maturity and attention span match the story's pacing.
✓ Kids drawn to stories about friendship, terminally ill, juvenile fiction.

Maybe not for

! Readers who get easily upset by emotional or moderately dark scenes — the conflict here is real, not just background flavor.

For Parents

Content Intensity

ME · Moderate · Emotional

Emotional

Intense ←

Physical

Mild

Social

Gentle

Thematic

Moderate

Reading the HootRating code: the first letter is the content intensity (C = Gentle · L = Mild · M = Moderate · I = Intense · V = Very Intense); the second, when there is one, is the kind of content that drives it (E = Emotional · P = Physical · S = Social · T = Thematic). Reading level and age range are rated separately. How we rate

Real stakes and emotional weight. May include sustained danger, loss, or bullying.

Data confidence: high

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