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El Beisbol de La Muerte

Tom B. Stone

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El Beisbol de La Muerte

Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide

by Tom B. Stone

Ultratumba; Graveyard School

Reading Level 4 9C 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 gentle with no concerning themes.

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About This Book

Park Addams is thrilled to be part of the all-star baseball team, but when they face the tough Belville team, fear takes over the players. Can Park and his friends find the courage to play their best and overcome their fears?

Themes

Quick Assessment

This is a Level 4 book with gentle content intensity. Content themes include fear & anxiety, mild peril. Written for readers ages 9-12.

Why we rated El Beisbol de La Muerte 9C

El Beisbol de La Muerte is written at a Level 4 reading level across 127 pages (approximately 22,935 words). Strong independent readers around grade 5.0 can typically handle this book on their own; with parent or teacher support, El Beisbol de La Muerte works for readers up to grade 6.0.

Read aloud, El Beisbol de La Muerte runs about 2.6 hours — long enough to span several bedtime sessions.

We rate El Beisbol de La Muerte as 9C ("Clear") because the content sits in the "Gentle" range — no conflict beyond everyday childhood experiences. Across our four dimensions (emotional, physical, social, thematic) the book reads as evenly gentle; no single dimension stands out as a concern.

Specific content flags noted by reviewers: Fear & Anxiety, Mild Peril.

Thematically, El Beisbol de La Muerte explores sports, friendship, and courage — 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.
  • Readers who like a steady plot with enough momentum to keep pages turning.
  • Kids drawn to stories about sports, friendship, courage.
  • Readers who fall hard for one book and want a long series to live in — there are 20 more books in the Ultratumba; Graveyard School series.

Maybe not for

  • ! Readers looking for something heavier — this is a gentle, low-stakes story by design.

For Parents

Content Intensity

9C — Clear
Emotional
Clear
Physical
Clear
Social
Clear
Thematic
Clear

No conflict beyond everyday childhood experiences. Safe for sensitive readers.

Content Flags

Fear & Anxiety Mild Peril
Data confidence: standard

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

Reading Insights

Hook Factor

6/10

Engaging read with solid pacing and interesting themes.

Discussion Potential

1/10

A lighter read — great for independent enjoyment.

Book DNA

Multi-dimensional content fingerprint

Vocabulary Level
3
Emotional Weight
2
Narrative Pace
5
Theme Richness
5
World Scope
1
Data Confidence
8

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Details

Book Length

127 pages
22,935 words
2h 33m read-aloud
ISBN
9502409000
Pages
127
Publisher
Albatros Ediciones
Published
August 1999
Type
Fiction
Word Count
22,935
Language
ES
Read-Aloud
~2h 33m
Text Density
Standard

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