Choice-making
Sharon Wegscheider
Choice-making
Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide
For Spirituality Seekers, Co-Dependents and Adult Children
by Sharon Wegscheider
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
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 — EmotionalReal stakes and emotional weight. May include sustained danger, loss, or bullying.
Was our "Moderate" content intensity rating accurate for this book?
Reading Insights
Hook Factor
1/10A steady, thoughtful read that rewards patient readers.
Discussion Potential
4/10Good conversation starter with themes worth exploring together.
Book DNA
Multi-dimensional content fingerprint
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Details
Book Length
- ISBN
- 0932194265
- Pages
- 206
- Publisher
- HCI
- Published
- 1985
- Type
- Fiction