Disenchanted

Name: Disenchanted
Author: Megan Morrison
ISBN: 9780545642712

Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide

The Trials of Cinderella

by Megan Morrison

Reading Level 4-5 LE · Mild · Emotional Ages 9-12 Balanced Read

The text is written at a 4th grade reading level, the subject matter is intended for middle graders (ages 9–12), 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

Here's a secret: the wicked witch may be gone, but trouble still brews in the kingdom. King Clement’s cruelty hasn’t faded, and Queen Maud has vanished with Prince Dash’s help. Ella Coach, known as Cinderella, dreams of escaping palace life, but that’s only the beginning.

Themes

MagicPrincesBlessing and cursingJuvenile fictionCharacters in literature

Quick Assessment

Disenchanted is a middle-grade fantasy that explores themes of magic, family dynamics, and personal choice. It’s appropriate for ages 9-12 and features a strong-willed protagonist navigating challenges after a villain's fall. The story contains mild peril and fantasy elements but no intense violence or mature content.

Why we rated Disenchanted LE (Mild)

Disenchanted is written at a Level 4-5 reading level across 404 pages. Reading-wise, most kids in grade 6 and up can manage Disenchanted on their own; younger readers can enjoy it with a parent or teacher reading along.

We rate Disenchanted 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, Disenchanted explores magic, princes, blessing and cursing, juvenile fiction, and characters in literature — 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.
✓ Kids drawn to stories about magic, princes, blessing and cursing.

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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