On the edge of gone

Name: On the edge of gone
Author: Corinne Duyvis
ISBN: 9781419719035

Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide

by Corinne Duyvis

Reading Level 3-4 ME · Moderate · Emotional Ages 13+ Heads Up

The text is written at a 3rd grade reading level, the subject matter is intended for teens (ages 13+), and the content has moderate intensity with some emotionally heavy themes. Its HootRating code, ME, means moderate content, mostly emotional.

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About This Book

The air buzzes with the distant roar of the comet, shaking windows and stirring the city streets. Denise feels the rough texture of her backpack straps as she races through Amsterdam, searching for her sister while the world around her teeters on the edge of disaster. With every heartbeat, hope and fear collide in a race against time.

Themes

Science & Nature Survival Family Neurodivergent Characters Adventure

Quick Assessment

A sixteen-year-old autistic girl races against a comet's impact in 2035 Amsterdam, searching for her missing sister while trying to get her drug-addicted mother to safety. The story explores survival, family loyalty, and a tense question of who deserves a place aboard a generation ship. Parents should know it includes peril from the comet, a parent struggling with addiction and neglect, and frequent anxiety, handled with emotional weight rather than graphic detail.

Why we rated On the edge of gone ME (Moderate)

On the edge of gone is written at a Level 3-4 reading level across 456 pages. Upper Grades (Ages 13+) is the typical interest range for this book — readers in that age band have the maturity and attention span suited to the story, separate from whether they can decode the words.

We rate On the edge of gone as ME (Moderate, mostly emotional) because the content sits in the "Moderate" range — moderate conflict that may involve loss, scary scenes, or interpersonal stakes. The strongest signals come from emotional weight, physical peril — these are the dimensions parents should evaluate against their reader's tolerance.

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

Thematically, On the edge of gone explores science & nature, survival, family, neurodivergent characters, and adventure — 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.
✓ Kids drawn to stories about science & nature, survival, family.

Maybe not for

! Readers who get easily upset by emotional or moderately dark scenes — the conflict here is real, not just background flavor.

For Parents

Content Intensity

ME · Moderate · Emotional

Emotional

Moderate ←

Physical

Moderate

Social

Mild

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

Real stakes and emotional weight. May include sustained danger, loss, or bullying.

Data confidence: high

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