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Great Sports Teams - The Detroit Red Wings (Great Sports Teams)

John F. Grabowski

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Great Sports Teams - The Detroit Red Wings (Great Sports Teams)

Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide

by John F. Grabowski

Great Sports Teams (Lucent)

Reading Level 7-8 12C Ages 13+ Sweet Spot

The text is written at a 7th grade reading level, the subject matter is intended for teens (ages 13+), and the content is gentle with no concerning themes.

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About This Book

Explore the legacy of the Detroit Red Wings, a team celebrated for its unmatched ten Stanley Cup victories and legendary players like Gordie Howe, Terry Sawchuk, and Ted Lindsay. Dive into the history and achievements that make this team a cornerstone of American hockey greatness. Perfect for young sports enthusiasts eager to learn about iconic athletes and thrilling game moments.

Themes

Sports & RecreationHockeyHistoricalBiography

Quick Assessment

This is a Level 7-8 book with gentle content intensity. It's a Sweet Spot read — challenging text with gentle themes, ideal for advanced or 2e readers. No notable content concerns flagged. Written for readers ages 13+.

Why we rated Great Sports Teams - The Detroit Red Wings (Great Sports Teams) 12C

Great Sports Teams - The Detroit Red Wings (Great Sports Teams) is written at a Level 7-8 reading level across 96 pages (approximately 22,134 words). Strong independent readers around grade 8.8 can typically handle this book on their own; with parent or teacher support, Great Sports Teams - The Detroit Red Wings (Great Sports Teams) works for readers up to grade 9.8.

Read aloud, Great Sports Teams - The Detroit Red Wings (Great Sports Teams) runs about 2.5 hours — long enough to span several bedtime sessions.

We rate Great Sports Teams - The Detroit Red Wings (Great Sports Teams) as 12C ("Clear") because the content sits in the "Gentle" range — no conflict beyond everyday childhood experiences. Across our four dimensions (emotional, physical, social, thematic) the book reads as evenly gentle; no single dimension stands out as a concern.

No specific content flags were raised by community reviewers, which is consistent with the gentle intensity score.

Thematically, Great Sports Teams - The Detroit Red Wings (Great Sports Teams) explores sports & recreation, hockey, historical, and biography — these threads give the book room to mean different things to different readers.

Good fit for

  • Children in the Ages 13+ 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 sports & recreation, hockey, historical.
  • Readers who fall hard for one book and want a long series to live in — there are 9 more books in the Great Sports Teams (Lucent) 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

12C — Clear
Emotional
Clear
Physical
Clear
Social
Clear
Thematic
Clear

No conflict beyond everyday childhood experiences. Safe for sensitive readers.

Data confidence: standard

Was our "Gentle" content intensity rating accurate for this book?

Reading Insights

Hook Factor

6/10

Engaging read with solid pacing and interesting themes.

Discussion Potential

2/10

A lighter read — great for independent enjoyment.

Book DNA

Multi-dimensional content fingerprint

Vocabulary Level
6
Emotional Weight
2
Narrative Pace
5
Theme Richness
4
World Scope
1
Data Confidence
8

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Details

Book Length

96 pages
22,134 words
2h 28m read-aloud
ISBN
1590182693
Pages
96
Publisher
Lucent Books
Published
April 9, 2003
Type
Nonfiction
Word Count
22,134
Read-Aloud
~2h 28m
Text Density
Standard

Genres

Subjects

Sports & RecreationHockeyDetroit Red WingsHockey PlayersSport, Travel and Leisure InterestsUnited States