All the wind in the world

Name: All the wind in the world
Author: Samantha Mabry
ISBN: 9781616206666

Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide

by Samantha Mabry

Reading Level 4-5 IP · Intense · Physical Ages 13+ Heads Up

The text is written at a 4th grade reading level, the subject matter is intended for teens (ages 13+), and the content is intense and may include graphic or distressing scenes. Its HootRating code, IP, means intense content, mostly physical.

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About This Book

What if moving to a new ranch meant facing secrets as wild as the desert winds? Sarah Jac and James work side by side, but a mysterious curse and unexpected dangers start to shake their friendship and trust. Can their love survive when everything around them seems ready to break?

Themes

RomanceSecretsFriendship Family Adventure

Quick Assessment

Sarah Jac and James must hide their romance while working the maguey fields of a near-future Southwest, and after a serious accident they are forced onto a new ranch with an unsettling reputation. Parents should know the story includes romantic content, alcohol abuse, violent injuries including amputation and finger or toe mutilation, a broken bone, and the deaths of animals including a dog and a horse, with snakes and insects also appearing. It is a tense, emotionally heavy read best suited to older teens who can handle dread and loss.

Why we rated All the wind in the world IP (Intense)

All the wind in the world is written at a Level 4-5 reading level across 264 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 All the wind in the world as IP (Intense, mostly physical) because the content sits in the "Intense" range — intense conflict including peril, frightening scenes, or emotionally heavy themes. The strongest signals come from emotional weight, physical peril — these are the dimensions parents should evaluate against their reader's tolerance.

Specific content flags noted by reviewers: Animal Death, Alcohol Abuse, Injury, Mutilation, Amputation.

Thematically, All the wind in the world explores romance, secrets, friendship, family, and adventure — 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 romance, secrets, friendship.

Maybe not for

! Sensitive readers who get overwhelmed by intense conflict or scary scenes.
! Children younger than 13 — the content intensity is above what most younger kids can process comfortably.
! Children currently coping with grief — the themes may hit close to home.

For Parents

Content Intensity

IP · Intense · Physical

Emotional

Moderate

Physical

Intense ←

Social

Mild

Thematic

Mild

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

Heavy themes explored in depth. War, death, abuse addressed directly.