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Choice-making

Sharon Wegscheider

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Choice-making

Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide

For Spirituality Seekers, Co-Dependents and Adult Children

by Sharon Wegscheider

Reading Level 6 11ME Ages 9-12 Matched

The text is written at a 6th grade reading level, the subject matter is intended for middle graders (ages 9–12), and the content has moderate intensity with some emotionally heavy themes.

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About This Book

What if the choices you make could change your whole life? Imagine growing up in a family where love and pain are tangled up with alcohol. How do you find the courage to choose a new path when the past feels so heavy?

Themes

FamilyComing of AgeAddictionEmotional Healing

Quick Assessment

This middle-grade fiction explores the challenges faced by children of alcoholics, focusing on recovery and the power of personal choice. Drawing from the author's own experiences, it provides a sensitive look at family relationships affected by addiction and the journey toward healing and spiritual growth. Suitable for readers aged 9-12, it gently addresses complex emotional themes with hope and resilience.

Why we rated Choice-making 11ME

Choice-making is written at a Level 6 reading level across 206 pages. Strong independent readers around grade 7.0 can typically handle this book on their own; with parent or teacher support, Choice-making works for readers up to grade 8.0.

We rate Choice-making as 11ME ("Moderate — 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, social complexity — 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, Choice-making explores family, coming of age, addiction, and emotional healing — 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.
  • Readers ready to talk through themes after they finish — there's enough substance for a meaningful conversation.
  • Kids drawn to stories about family, coming of age, addiction.

Maybe not for

  • ! Readers who get easily upset by emotional or moderately dark scenes — the conflict here is real, not just background flavor.
  • ! Reluctant readers who need a fast hook — the pacing here rewards patience.

For Parents

Content Intensity

11ME — Moderate — Emotional
Emotional
Moderate
Physical
Clear
Social
Moderate
Thematic
Light

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

Data confidence: standard

Was our "Moderate" content intensity rating accurate for this book?

Reading Insights

Hook Factor

1/10

A steady, thoughtful read that rewards patient readers.

Discussion Potential

4/10

Good conversation starter with themes worth exploring together.

Book DNA

Multi-dimensional content fingerprint

Vocabulary Level
5
Emotional Weight
6
Theme Richness
4
World Scope
1
Data Confidence
7

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Details

Book Length

206 pages
ISBN
0932194265
Pages
206
Publisher
HCI
Published
1985
Type
Fiction

Genres

Subjects

AlcoholicsFamily RelationshipsChildren of AlcoholicsAlcoholismPsychological AspectsPsychological Aspects of AlcoholismFamilyAdult Children of AlcoholicsChoice BehaviorCodependency