Remember me

Name: Remember me
Author: Romily Bernard
ISBN: 9780062229069

Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide

by Romily Bernard

Reading Level 3-4 IE · Intense · 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 is intense and may include graphic or distressing scenes. Its HootRating code, IE, means intense content, mostly emotional.

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About This Book

Here’s a secret: Wick Tate can crack any code, but some mysteries hit closer to home than any computer screen. She's facing new dangers and secrets that could change everything—but that’s only the beginning.

Themes

MysteryDetective storiesHackersFoster careJuvenile fiction

Quick Assessment

Wick Tate, a sarcastic teen hacker, is pulled back into dealing with criminals and corrupt cops when her past resurfaces in this sequel to Find Me. Parents should know the story addresses suicide as a theme, includes foster care instability, and features tense, sometimes dangerous criminal situations, though the tone is suspenseful rather than graphic. A light romantic thread runs alongside the mystery.

Why we rated Remember me IE (Intense)

Remember me is written at a Level 3-4 reading level across 359 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 Remember me as IE (Intense, mostly emotional) because the content sits in the "Intense" range — intense conflict including peril, frightening scenes, or emotionally heavy themes. The strongest signals come from emotional weight, social complexity, thematic difficulty — these are the dimensions parents should evaluate against their reader's tolerance.

Specific content flags noted by reviewers: Suicide, Foster care, Crime, Corruption.

Thematically, Remember me explores mystery, detective stories, hackers, foster care, and juvenile fiction — 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 mystery, detective stories, hackers.

Maybe not for

! Sensitive readers who get overwhelmed by intense conflict or scary scenes.
! Children younger than 13 — the content intensity is above what most younger kids can process comfortably.
! Readers whose emotional readiness lags behind their decoding skills — this book's intensity outruns its reading level, a classic reading-level-vs-content mismatch.

For Parents

Content Intensity

IE · Intense · Emotional

Emotional

Intense ←

Physical

Mild

Social

Moderate

Thematic

Moderate

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

Heavy themes explored in depth. War, death, abuse addressed directly.