It's Alive! It's Alive!

Name: It's Alive! It's Alive!
Author: R. L. Stine
ISBN: 9781338223033

Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide

Goosebumps SlappyWorld #7

by R. L. Stine

Goosebumps Slappyworld

Reading Level 3-4 LE · Mild · Emotional Ages 9-12 Matched

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, LE, means mild content, mostly emotional.

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About This Book

Livvy and Gates are determined to win the Springdale Robots Meet, but their robot starts acting in unexpected and surprising ways. As their creation takes on a life of its own, they must figure out how to handle the wild machine before the competition ends. Will their teamwork and quick thinking be enough to succeed?

Themes

Friendship Adventure Science & Nature

Quick Assessment

This is a Level 3-4 book with mild content intensity. No notable content concerns flagged. Written for readers ages 9-12.

Why we rated It's Alive! It's Alive! LE (Mild)

It's Alive! It's Alive! is written at a Level 3-4 reading level across 134 pages (approximately 23,199 words). Reading-wise, most kids in grade 5 and up can manage It's Alive! It's Alive! on their own; younger readers can enjoy it with a parent or teacher reading along.

Read aloud, It's Alive! It's Alive! runs about 2.6 hours — long enough to span several bedtime sessions.

We rate It's Alive! It's Alive! as LE (Mild, mostly emotional) 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, It's Alive! It's Alive! explores friendship, adventure, and science & nature — 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.
✓ Readers who like a steady plot with enough momentum to keep pages turning.
✓ Kids drawn to stories about friendship, adventure, 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

LE · Mild · Emotional

Emotional

Mild ←

Physical

Mild

Social

Gentle

Thematic

Mild

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.

Data confidence: standard

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