Funeral Girl
Emma K. Ohland
Funeral Girl
Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide
by Emma K. Ohland
The text is written at a 5th grade reading level, the subject matter is intended for teens (ages 13+), and the content has moderate intensity with some emotionally heavy themes.
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About This Book
Georgia discovers she can bring back the spirit of a classmate who recently passed away, leading her to confront the complicated emotions tied to loss and what it means to say goodbye. As she navigates her family's funeral home and her own heart, she learns powerful lessons about grief and healing.
Themes
Quick Assessment
This is a Level 5 book with moderate content intensity. Content themes include loss & grief, fear & anxiety, death of major character. Written for readers ages 13+.
Why we rated Funeral Girl 10ME
Funeral Girl is written at a Level 5 reading level (approximately 73,368 words). Strong independent readers around grade 6.0 can typically handle this book on their own; with parent or teacher support, Funeral Girl works for readers up to grade 7.0.
Read aloud, Funeral Girl runs about 8.2 hours — long enough to span several bedtime sessions.
We rate Funeral Girl as 10ME ("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, physical peril — these are the dimensions parents should evaluate against their reader's tolerance.
Specific content flags noted by reviewers: Loss & Grief, Fear & Anxiety, Death of Major Character.
Thematically, Funeral Girl explores coming of age, family, emotional growth, 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, family, emotional growth.
- ✓ Readers who fall hard for one book and want a long series to live in — there is one more book in the Lerner High School 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
10ME — 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
3/10A steady, thoughtful read that rewards patient readers.
Discussion Potential
5/10Good conversation starter with themes worth exploring together.
Book DNA
Multi-dimensional content fingerprint
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Details
Book Length
- ISBN
- 9781728460734
- Published
- 2022
- Type
- Fiction
- Word Count
- 73,368
- Read-Aloud
- ~8h 9m