Conjured

Name: Conjured
Author: Sarah Beth Durst
ISBN: 9780802734587

Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide

by Sarah Beth Durst

Reading Level 3-4 LE · Mild · Emotional Ages 13+ Matched

The text is written at a 3rd 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 you woke up every day with strange powers but no memory of who you really are? Imagine trying to unlock your past while a dangerous magic user is chasing you through shadows. Can you find the truth before it's too late?

Themes

SupernaturalMagicIdentityMemoryFiction

Quick Assessment

Eve, a teen in a paranormal witness protection program, must recover her lost memories and understand her magical abilities while a serial killer hunts her. Expect frightening visions, blackouts, a menacing villain, and disturbing imagery, including buttons sewn into skin, along with pressure from the adults hiding her who will do whatever it takes to get her to remember. Best suited to older teen readers who handle suspense and dark supernatural horror comfortably.

Why we rated Conjured LE (Mild)

Conjured is written at a Level 3-4 reading level across 358 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 Conjured 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, Conjured explores supernatural, magic, identity, memory, and fiction — 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 supernatural, magic, identity.

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

Mild

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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