Getting Through My Parent's Divorce
Amy Baker
Getting Through My Parent's Divorce
Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide
A Workbook for Dealing with Parental Alienation, Loyalty Conflicts, and Other Tough Stuff
by Amy Baker
The text is written at a 4th 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
Here's a secret: sometimes, when parents separate, their anger feels like a storm inside a kid’s heart. But there are ways to find calm, understand your feelings, and remember you are loved by both parents — and that's only the beginning.
Themes
Quick Assessment
This sensitive workbook addresses the challenges children face during hostile divorces, especially when caught between conflicting parents. Suitable for ages 9-12, it helps kids recognize and manage complex emotions like stress and loyalty conflicts, fostering emotional resilience and a sense of safety.
Why we rated Getting Through My Parent's Divorce 9ME
Getting Through My Parent's Divorce is written at a Level 4-5 reading level across 128 pages. Strong independent readers around grade 5.5 can typically handle this book on their own; with parent or teacher support, Getting Through My Parent's Divorce works for readers up to grade 6.5.
We rate Getting Through My Parent's Divorce as 9ME ("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.
No specific content flags were raised by community reviewers, which is consistent with the moderate intensity score.
Thematically, Getting Through My Parent's Divorce explores family, emotional growth, child development, and coping skills — 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 family, emotional growth, child development.
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
9ME — Moderate — EmotionalReal stakes and emotional weight. May include sustained danger, loss, or bullying.
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
3/10A lighter read — great for independent enjoyment.
Book DNA
Multi-dimensional content fingerprint
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Details
Book Length
- ISBN
- 9781626251366
- Pages
- 128
- Publisher
- Instant Help Books
- Published
- 2015
- Type
- Fiction