Evercrossed

Name: Evercrossed
Author: Elizabeth Chandler
ISBN: 9781442409149

Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide

by Elizabeth Chandler

Kissed by an Angel

Reading Level 4-5 ME · Moderate · Emotional Ages 13+ Matched

The text is written at a 4th grade reading level, the subject matter is intended for teens (ages 13+), and the content has moderate intensity with some emotionally heavy themes. Its HootRating code, ME, means moderate content, mostly emotional.

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About This Book

After a tragic accident, Ivy finds herself caught between life and the afterlife when a mysterious kiss pulls her back from the edge. As she recovers, old feelings for her late boyfriend resurface, challenging her new relationship and the future she thought she wanted. Ivy must navigate love, loss, and secrets that refuse to stay buried.

Themes

Coming of Age Romance Family FriendshipSupernatural

Quick Assessment

This is a Level 4-5 book with moderate content intensity. Content themes include loss & grief, fear & anxiety, romantic content. Written for readers ages 13+.

Why we rated Evercrossed ME (Moderate)

Evercrossed is written at a Level 4-5 reading level (approximately 50,620 words). 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.

Read aloud, Evercrossed runs about 5.6 hours — long enough to span several bedtime sessions.

We rate Evercrossed as ME (Moderate, mostly emotional) because the content sits in the "Moderate" range — moderate conflict that may involve loss, scary scenes, or interpersonal stakes. The strongest signals come from emotional weight, physical peril, social complexity — these are the dimensions parents should evaluate against their reader's tolerance.

Specific content flags noted by reviewers: Loss & Grief, Fear & Anxiety, Romantic Content, Physical Danger.

Thematically, Evercrossed explores coming of age, romance, family, friendship, and supernatural — these threads give the book room to mean different things to different readers. Each of these themes is concrete enough to seed a real conversation, not just a moral lesson.

Good fit for

✓ Children in the Ages 13+ range — the maturity and attention span match the story's pacing.
✓ Readers ready to talk through themes after they finish — there's enough substance for a meaningful conversation.
✓ Kids drawn to stories about coming of age, romance, family.
✓ Readers who fall hard for one book and want a long series to live in — there are 4 more books in the Kissed by an Angel series.

Maybe not for

! Readers who get easily upset by emotional or moderately dark scenes — the conflict here is real, not just background flavor.
! Children currently coping with grief — the themes may hit close to home.

For Parents

Content Intensity

ME · Moderate · Emotional

Emotional

Moderate ←

Physical

Moderate

Social

Moderate

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

Real stakes and emotional weight. May include sustained danger, loss, or bullying.