Fish, meat, and poultry
Daniel E. Harmon
Fish, meat, and poultry
Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide
by Daniel E. Harmon
What's in Your Food? Recipe for Disaster
The text is written at a 7th grade reading level, the subject matter is intended for middle graders (ages 9–12), and the content is mild with minimal sensitive material.
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About This Book
Discover the hidden risks that can make fish, meat, and poultry unsafe to eat through an eye-opening exploration of food contamination. Learn how these foods can be affected and what steps help keep them safe for your family.
Themes
Quick Assessment
This is a Level 7-8 book with mild content intensity. Content themes include food contamination, mild peril. Written for readers ages 9-12.
Why we rated Fish, meat, and poultry 12LP
Fish, meat, and poultry is written at a Level 7-8 reading level across 48 pages (approximately 6,171 words). Strong independent readers around grade 8.2 can typically handle this book on their own; with parent or teacher support, Fish, meat, and poultry works for readers up to grade 9.2.
Read aloud, Fish, meat, and poultry takes about 41 minutes, which fits within a single read-aloud session.
We rate Fish, meat, and poultry as 12LP ("Light — 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: Food Contamination, Mild Peril.
Thematically, Fish, meat, and poultry explores food, science & nature, and health — 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 food, science & nature, health.
- ✓ Curious kids who prefer real-world topics over made-up stories.
Maybe not for
- ! Readers whose emotional readiness lags behind their decoding skills — this book's intensity outruns its reading level, a classic "gifted kid" mismatch.
For Parents
Content Intensity
12LP — Light — PhysicalLight conflict or tension. Mild peril resolved quickly.
Content Flags
Was our "Mild" content intensity rating accurate for this book?
Reading Insights
Hook Factor
6/10Engaging read with solid pacing and interesting themes.
Discussion Potential
1/10A lighter read — great for independent enjoyment.
Book DNA
Multi-dimensional content fingerprint
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Details
Book Length
- ISBN
- 9781404214194
- Pages
- 48
- Publisher
- The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
- Published
- 2008
- Type
- Nonfiction
- Word Count
- 6,171
- Read-Aloud
- ~41 min
- Text Density
- Light Text