Autumn's kiss

Name: Autumn's kiss
Author: Bella Thorne
ISBN: 9780385744355

Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide

an autumn falls novel

by Bella Thorne

Reading Level 4-5 LE · Mild · Emotional Ages 13+ Balanced Read

The text is written at a 4th grade reading level, the subject matter is intended for teens (ages 13+), and the content is mild with minimal sensitive material. Its HootRating code, LE, means mild content, mostly emotional.

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About This Book

What if the magic that helped you with your biggest problems suddenly stopped? Imagine having to face your toughest challenges alone just as everything seems to change. When Autumn gets a mysterious map that can take her anywhere, she must decide if it's a blessing or a trap—and her choices might change everything.

Themes

MagicFamilyHigh SchoolComing of Age Adventure

Quick Assessment

Autumn, a high school junior, must sort out her crushes and her friends' drama after her magical diary stops working, and a map that transports her anywhere suddenly changes everything. The story is light and flirty, with romance limited to crushes, kissing-level tension, and some pop star attention. Parents may want to know that the magic brings real consequences and emotional stress, including family memories of a father who is no longer present.

Why we rated Autumn's kiss LE (Mild)

Autumn's kiss is written at a Level 4-5 reading level across 231 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 Autumn's kiss as LE (Mild, mostly emotional) because the content sits in the "Mild" range — mild conflict — the kind a child encounters in normal play and sibling life. Across our four dimensions (emotional, physical, social, thematic) the book reads as evenly mild; no single dimension stands out as a concern.

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

Thematically, Autumn's kiss explores magic, family, high school, coming of age, 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 magic, family, high school.

Maybe not for

! Readers looking for something heavier — this is a gentle, low-stakes story by design.

For Parents

Content Intensity

LE · Mild · Emotional

Emotional

Mild ←

Physical

Gentle

Social

Gentle

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

Light conflict or tension. Mild peril resolved quickly.

Data confidence: high

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