Haunting With The Stars

Name: Haunting With The Stars
Author: R.l. Stine
ISBN: 9781338752182

Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide

by R.l. Stine

Goosebumps Slappyworld

Reading Level 3-4 LP · Mild · Physical Ages 9-12 Matched Page-Turner

The text is written at a 3rd grade reading level, the subject matter is intended for middle graders (ages 9–12), and the content is mild with minimal sensitive material. Its HootRating code, LP, means mild content, mostly physical.

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About This Book

Murphy Shannon loves space, but the school trip to the Rayburne Observatory is anything but exciting—until he and his friends Orly and Cleo decide to explore on their own. When they encounter the mysterious Dr. Rayburne and his strange experiments, their adventure turns into a thrilling challenge that tests their courage and smarts. Can they uncover the secrets of the stars and make it out safely?

Themes

Adventure Friendship Science & Nature Mystery

Quick Assessment

This is a Level 3-4 book with mild content intensity. Content themes include mild peril. Written for readers ages 9-12.

Why we rated Haunting With The Stars LP (Mild)

Haunting With The Stars is written at a Level 3-4 reading level across 123 pages (approximately 22,360 words). Reading-wise, most kids in grade 4 and up can manage Haunting With The Stars on their own; younger readers can enjoy it with a parent or teacher reading along.

Read aloud, Haunting With The Stars runs about 2.5 hours — long enough to span several bedtime sessions.

We rate Haunting With The Stars as LP (Mild, mostly 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: Mild Peril.

Thematically, Haunting With The Stars explores adventure, friendship, science & nature, and mystery — 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.
✓ Reluctant readers who need fast-paced, hook-heavy stories to stay engaged.
✓ Kids drawn to stories about adventure, friendship, science & nature.
✓ Readers who fall hard for one book and want a long series to live in — there are 18 more books in the Goosebumps Slappyworld series.

Maybe not for

! Readers looking for something heavier — this is a gentle, low-stakes story by design.

For Parents

Content Intensity

LP · Mild · Physical

Emotional

Gentle

Physical

Mild ←

Social

Gentle

Thematic

Gentle

Reading the HootRating code: the first letter is the content intensity (C = Gentle · L = Mild · M = Moderate · I = Intense · V = Very Intense); the second, when there is one, is the kind of content that drives it (E = Emotional · P = Physical · S = Social · T = Thematic). Reading level and age range are rated separately. How we rate

Light conflict or tension. Mild peril resolved quickly.