Baseball Genius Home Run Collection
Tim Green
Baseball Genius Home Run Collection
Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide
Baseball Genius; Double Play; Grand Slam
by Tim Green
The text is written at a 8th grade reading level, the subject matter is intended for middle graders (ages 9–12), and the content is mild with minimal sensitive material.
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About This Book
What if you had a superpower that let you predict every pitch a pitcher would throw? Jalen DeLuca is that kind of baseball genius, using his amazing talent to help his team and a superstar player. But when powerful people want to shake things up, can Jalen keep his cool and prove his skills on and off the field?
Themes
Quick Assessment
This boxed set collects all three novels in the Baseball Genius series, following Jalen DeLuca, a middle-grade baseball player with an extraordinary ability to predict pitches. Suitable for ages 9-12, the series combines sports action with themes of friendship, teamwork, and overcoming challenges. Parents should note that while the story involves competition and some conflict with authority figures, the content remains appropriate and engaging for middle-grade readers.
Why we rated Baseball Genius Home Run Collection 12LE
Baseball Genius Home Run Collection is written at a Level 8 reading level across 1024 pages. Strong independent readers around grade 9.0 can typically handle this book on their own; with parent or teacher support, Baseball Genius Home Run Collection works for readers up to grade 10.0.
We rate Baseball Genius Home Run Collection as 12LE ("Light — 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, Baseball Genius Home Run Collection explores sports & recreation, friendship, coming of age, family, and social themes — these threads give the book room to mean different things to different readers.
Good fit for
- ✓ Children in the Ages 9-12 range — the maturity and attention span match the story's pacing.
- ✓ Patient readers who enjoy slower, character-driven stories.
- ✓ Kids drawn to stories about sports & recreation, friendship, coming of age.
Maybe not for
- ! Readers whose emotional readiness lags behind their decoding skills — this book's intensity outruns its reading level, a classic "gifted kid" mismatch.
- ! Reluctant readers who need a fast hook — the pacing here rewards patience.
For Parents
Content Intensity
12LE — Light — EmotionalLight conflict or tension. Mild peril resolved quickly.
Was our "Mild" content intensity rating accurate for this book?
Reading Insights
Hook Factor
1/10A steady, thoughtful read that rewards patient readers.
Discussion Potential
3/10A lighter read — great for independent enjoyment.
Book DNA
Multi-dimensional content fingerprint
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Details
Book Length
- ISBN
- 9781665915557
- Pages
- 1,024
- Publisher
- Aladdin
- Published
- 2022
- Type
- Fiction