Quinny & Hopper

Name: Quinny & Hopper
Author: Adriana Brad Schanen
ISBN: 9781484775066

Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide

partners in slime

by Adriana Brad Schanen

Illustrated by Charles Santoso

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

What if your best friend was about to have surgery that scared them silly? Quinny and Hopper have already tamed a killer chicken and broken all the third-grade rules, but now they face their biggest challenge yet. Can Quinny’s surprise museum trip help Hopper face his tonsillectomy fears, or will a party invite from a tricky friend change everything?

Themes

Friendship HumorSchoolBest FriendsJuvenile Fiction

Quick Assessment

Quinny and Hopper's sequel follows a best friendship tested by Hopper's fear of an upcoming tonsillectomy and by Quinny's tempting party invitation from a classmate who is sometimes a friend and sometimes a rival. The humor is light and the tone is warm, with Hopper's surgery worries handled with reassurance and a focus on friendship. Parents should know it has no violence, romance, or graphic content, and it may spark conversations about medical fears and changing friendships.

Why we rated Quinny & Hopper LE (Mild)

Quinny & Hopper is written at a Level 3-4 reading level across 262 pages. Reading-wise, most kids in grade 5 and up can manage Quinny & Hopper on their own; younger readers can enjoy it with a parent or teacher reading along.

We rate Quinny & Hopper 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, Quinny & Hopper explores friendship, humor, school, best friends, and juvenile fiction — 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.
✓ Kids drawn to stories about friendship, humor, school.

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

Gentle

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.

Data confidence: high

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