All frontiers are jealous

Name: All frontiers are jealous
Author: L. Ron Hubbard
ISBN: 9781592122547

Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide

by L. Ron Hubbard

Stories from the Golden Age

Reading Level 6 MP · Moderate · Physical Ages 13+ Matched Page-Turner

The text is written at a 6th 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, MP, means moderate content, mostly physical.

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About This Book

Dan Courtney embarks on a daring mission to map the lands connecting two great railways in Africa, facing thrilling challenges like secret smugglers and a mysterious tribe. Along the journey, he meets a courageous young woman whose safety is threatened by a dangerous enemy. Adventure and suspense unfold as he strives to protect her and complete his important task.

Themes

Adventure Historical Friendship Multicultural

Quick Assessment

This is a Level 6 book with moderate content intensity. Content themes include physical danger, mild peril. Written for readers ages 13+.

Why we rated All frontiers are jealous MP (Moderate)

All frontiers are jealous is written at a Level 6 reading level across 129 pages (approximately 19,698 words). 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.

Read aloud, All frontiers are jealous runs about 2.2 hours — long enough to span several bedtime sessions.

We rate All frontiers are jealous as MP (Moderate, mostly physical) because the content sits in the "Moderate" range — moderate conflict that may involve loss, scary scenes, or interpersonal stakes. The strongest signals come from physical peril — these are the dimensions parents should evaluate against their reader's tolerance.

Specific content flags noted by reviewers: Physical Danger, Mild Peril.

Thematically, All frontiers are jealous explores adventure, historical, friendship, and multicultural — 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.
✓ Reluctant readers who need fast-paced, hook-heavy stories to stay engaged.
✓ Readers ready to talk through themes after they finish — there's enough substance for a meaningful conversation.
✓ Kids drawn to stories about adventure, historical, friendship.
✓ Readers who fall hard for one book and want a long series to live in — there are 4 more books in the Stories from the Golden Age series.

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

MP · Moderate · Physical

Emotional

Gentle

Physical

Moderate ←

Social

Gentle

Thematic

Gentle

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.