Everything I know about you
Barbara Dee
Everything I know about you
Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide
by Barbara Dee
The text is written at a 7th grade reading level, the subject matter is intended for middle graders (ages 9–12), and the content has moderate intensity with some emotionally heavy themes.
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About This Book
What if your worst enemy became your roommate on a school trip? Tally is stuck sharing a room with Ava, the queen bee, on a seventh-grade trip to Washington, DC. But when Tally notices strange things about Ava, like a secret notebook and barely eating, she faces a tough choice—should she keep Ava's secret or speak up?
Themes
Quick Assessment
This middle-grade novel follows Tally, a socially awkward seventh grader, as she navigates complicated friendships and difficult secrets during a school trip to Washington, DC. The story sensitively explores themes of anorexia nervosa, peer pressure, and self-acceptance suitable for readers aged 9-12. Parents should note the book addresses eating disorders and social challenges but does so with care and encourages empathy.
Why we rated Everything I know about you 12ME
Everything I know about you is written at a Level 7 reading level across 306 pages. Strong independent readers around grade 8.0 can typically handle this book on their own; with parent or teacher support, Everything I know about you works for readers up to grade 9.0.
We rate Everything I know about you as 12ME ("Moderate — 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 — these are the dimensions parents should evaluate against their reader's tolerance.
Specific content flags noted by reviewers: Eating Disorder.
Thematically, Everything I know about you explores friendship, school field trips, juvenile fiction, anorexia nervosa, and interpersonal relations — 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.
- ✓ Patient readers who enjoy slower, character-driven stories.
- ✓ Kids drawn to stories about friendship, school field trips, juvenile fiction.
Maybe not for
- ! Readers who get easily upset by emotional or moderately dark scenes — the conflict here is real, not just background flavor.
- ! Reluctant readers who need a fast hook — the pacing here rewards patience.
For Parents
Content Intensity
12ME — Moderate — EmotionalReal stakes and emotional weight. May include sustained danger, loss, or bullying.
Content Flags
Was our "Moderate" content intensity rating accurate for this book?
Reading Insights
Hook Factor
1/10A steady, thoughtful read that rewards patient readers.
Discussion Potential
2/10A lighter read — great for independent enjoyment.
Book DNA
Multi-dimensional content fingerprint
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Details
Book Length
- ISBN
- 9781534405073
- Pages
- 306
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
- Published
- 2018
- Type
- Fiction