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Demon Glass
Rachel Hawkins
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
The sharp scent of old stone and flickering candlelight fills the air as Sophie steps into a world she thought she knew. Magic hums beneath her skin, but so does something darker—something dangerous. With secrets swirling and friends turning into foes, Sophie’s heart races as she wonders who she can really trust.
Quick Assessment
Sophie, a teen who learns she is a rare demon, leaves a reform school for magical teens and travels to London to undergo a risky procedure meant to strip away her powers. Along the way she uncovers a secret group raising demons for dangerous purposes while an organization that wants magical people gone pursues her. Expect peril, fantasy violence, a teen romance with a love-triangle element, and emotional themes of identity and betrayal; the romance stays non-graphic.
Why we rated Demon Glass LE (Mild)
Demon Glass is written at a Level 4-5 reading level across 368 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 Demon Glass 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. The strongest signals come from emotional weight — 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 mild intensity score.
Thematically, Demon Glass explores friendship, coming of age, family, adventure, and fantasy world-building — 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 friendship, coming of age, family.
Maybe not for
- ! Readers looking for something heavier — this is a gentle, low-stakes story by design.
For Parents
Content Intensity
LE · Mild · EmotionalReading 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.
Was our "Mild" content intensity rating accurate for this book?
Reading Insights
Discussion Potential
3/10A lighter read — great for independent enjoyment.
Book DNA
Multi-dimensional content fingerprint
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Details
Book Length
- ISBN
- 9781423121312
- Pages
- 368
- Publisher
- Hyperion
- Published
- 2011
- Type
- Fiction