Great Medical Discoveries - Tuberculosis (Great Medical Discoveries)
Gail Stewart
Great Medical Discoveries - Tuberculosis (Great Medical Discoveries)
Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide
by Gail Stewart
The text is written at a 10th grade reading level, the subject matter is intended for teens and adults (ages 16+), and the content is mild with minimal sensitive material.
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About This Book
Explore the history and impact of tuberculosis, once the deadliest infectious disease worldwide. Discover how scientists identified the causes, developed life-saving treatments, and continue to combat this global health challenge affecting vulnerable communities.
Themes
Quick Assessment
This is a Level 10-11 book with mild content intensity. It's a Sweet Spot read — challenging text with gentle themes, ideal for advanced or 2e readers. Content themes include illness & injury, poverty & hardship. Written for readers ages 16+.
Why we rated Great Medical Discoveries - Tuberculosis (Great Medical Discoveries) 14LP
Great Medical Discoveries - Tuberculosis (Great Medical Discoveries) is written at a Level 10-11 reading level across 112 pages (approximately 24,828 words). Strong independent readers around grade 11.2 can typically handle this book on their own; with parent or teacher support, Great Medical Discoveries - Tuberculosis (Great Medical Discoveries) works for readers up to grade 12.2.
Read aloud, Great Medical Discoveries - Tuberculosis (Great Medical Discoveries) runs about 2.8 hours — long enough to span several bedtime sessions.
We rate Great Medical Discoveries - Tuberculosis (Great Medical Discoveries) as 14LP ("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: Illness & Injury, Poverty & Hardship.
Thematically, Great Medical Discoveries - Tuberculosis (Great Medical Discoveries) explores body & health, medicine & nursing, and science & nature — these threads give the book room to mean different things to different readers.
Good fit for
- ✓ Children in the Ages 16+ 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 body & health, medicine & nursing, science & nature.
- ✓ Readers who fall hard for one book and want a long series to live in — there are 2 more books in the Great Medical Discoveries series.
- ✓ 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
14LP — 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
5/10Engaging read with solid pacing and interesting themes.
Discussion Potential
3/10A lighter read — great for independent enjoyment.
Book DNA
Multi-dimensional content fingerprint
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Details
Book Length
- ISBN
- 1560069317
- Pages
- 112
- Publisher
- Lucent Books
- Published
- January 23, 2002
- Type
- Nonfiction
- Word Count
- 24,828
- Read-Aloud
- ~2h 46m
- Text Density
- Standard