Keep the Faith
Candy Harper
Keep the Faith
Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide
by Candy Harper
The text is written at a 6th grade reading level, the subject matter is intended for teens (ages 13+), and the content is mild with minimal sensitive material.
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About This Book
Faith is the queen of hilarious chaos, juggling crushes, crazy grannies, and record-breaking biscuit challenges all at once. But can she figure out who to trust and how to shine before everything spins out of control? The stakes have never been higher for Faith and her friends!
Themes
Quick Assessment
Keep the Faith is a humorous young adult novel centered on a teenage girl navigating relationships, family dynamics, and friendships. Suitable for ages 13-18, it explores typical adolescent experiences with lighthearted drama and comedic moments, without heavy or mature content. Parents can expect relatable themes about growing up and self-discovery in a school setting.
Why we rated Keep the Faith 11LE
Keep the Faith is written at a Level 6 reading level across 288 pages. Strong independent readers around grade 7.0 can typically handle this book on their own; with parent or teacher support, Keep the Faith works for readers up to grade 8.0.
We rate Keep the Faith as 11LE ("Light — 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, Keep the Faith explores man-woman relationships, families, friendship, teenage girls, and schools — 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.
- ✓ Patient readers who enjoy slower, character-driven stories.
- ✓ Kids drawn to stories about man-woman relationships, families, friendship.
Maybe not for
- ! Reluctant readers who need a fast hook — the pacing here rewards patience.
For Parents
Content Intensity
11LE — Light — EmotionalLight conflict or tension. Mild peril resolved quickly.
Was our "Mild" content intensity rating accurate for this book?
Reading Insights
Hook Factor
1/10A 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
- 9780857078254
- Pages
- 288
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Children's UK
- Published
- 2014
- Type
- Fiction