Escape from New Babylon

Name: Escape from New Babylon
Author: Jerry B. Jenkins
ISBN: 0842343164

Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide

Discovering New Believers

by Jerry B. Jenkins

Left Behind: The Kids

Reading Level 4-5 LP · Mild · Physical 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, LP, means mild content, mostly physical.

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About This Book

Judd and Nada race against time to help a mysterious stranger flee the dangerous city of New Babylon. As the Young Trib Force faces new challenges, they must decide if they can trust their newest member, Chris Traickin, in their fight between good and evil. Adventure and courage come alive in this thrilling story of loyalty and faith.

Themes

AdventureGood and EvilFaithFriendship

Quick Assessment

This is a Level 4-5 book with mild content intensity. Content themes include mild peril, religious themes. Written for readers ages 9-12.

Why we rated Escape from New Babylon LP (Mild)

Escape from New Babylon is written at a Level 4-5 reading level across 146 pages (approximately 26,582 words). Reading-wise, most kids in grade 5 and up can manage Escape from New Babylon on their own; younger readers can enjoy it with a parent or teacher reading along.

Read aloud, Escape from New Babylon runs about 3 hours — long enough to span several bedtime sessions.

We rate Escape from New Babylon as LP (Mild, mostly physical) 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.

Specific content flags noted by reviewers: Mild Peril, Religious Themes.

Thematically, Escape from New Babylon explores adventure, good and evil, faith, and friendship — 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 adventure, good and evil, faith.
✓ Readers who fall hard for one book and want a long series to live in — there are 36 more books in the Left Behind: The Kids series.

Maybe not for

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

For Parents

Content Intensity

LP · Mild · Physical

Emotional

Gentle

Physical

Mild ←

Social

Mild

Thematic

Gentle

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.