Great Santa Race
Frank Lampard
Great Santa Race
Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide
by Frank Lampard
The text is written at a 4th 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
The crisp crunch of snow under cleats fills the chilly air, but where is the snow this Christmas? Frankie and his team are ready for a football game like no other, until a magical ball stirs up an unexpected chill. An evil penguin wants to trap winter forever, and now the race against time—and snow—is on!
Quick Assessment
Great Santa Race is a middle-grade fiction book that combines soccer and holiday magic. Suitable for ages 9-12, it features themes of teamwork, adventure, and problem-solving as Frankie and his friends face a magical challenge during Christmas. The story contains mild fantasy peril but is appropriate for its target age group without intense content.
Why we rated Great Santa Race 9LP
Great Santa Race is written at a Level 4-5 reading level across 160 pages. Strong independent readers around grade 5.5 can typically handle this book on their own; with parent or teacher support, Great Santa Race works for readers up to grade 6.5.
We rate Great Santa Race as 9LP ("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.
No specific content flags were raised by community reviewers, which is consistent with the mild intensity score.
Thematically, Great Santa Race explores friendship, adventure, sports, and fantasy world-building — 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.
- ✓ Kids drawn to stories about friendship, adventure, sports.
Maybe not for
- ! Readers looking for something heavier — this is a gentle, low-stakes story by design.
For Parents
Content Intensity
9LP — Light — PhysicalLight conflict or tension. Mild peril resolved quickly.
Was our "Mild" content intensity rating accurate for this book?
Reading Insights
Hook Factor
3/10A steady, thoughtful read that rewards patient readers.
Discussion Potential
1/10A lighter read — great for independent enjoyment.
Book DNA
Multi-dimensional content fingerprint
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Details
Book Length
- ISBN
- 9780349132099
- Pages
- 160
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Published
- 2015
- Type
- Fiction