Spirit Week Showdown (Peachy and Keen)
Jason Tharp
Spirit Week Showdown (Peachy and Keen)
Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide
by Jason Tharp
The text is written at a 4th grade reading level, the subject matter is intended for middle graders (ages 9–12), and the content is gentle with no concerning themes.
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About This Book
The buzz of laughter and the crunch of leaves under paws fill the air at Happy Tails School. Bright banners flutter as two teams race to capture the wild spirit of Spirit Week on their vlogs. Who will win the race for the biggest audience and the spotlight at the Pep Rally?
Themes
Quick Assessment
Spirit Week Showdown is a colorful, illustrated chapter book perfect for readers ages 9 to 12. It follows a fun competition between two groups of animal friends as they create vlog channels during their school's spirit week. The story explores teamwork, creativity, and friendly rivalry in a lighthearted, age-appropriate way.
Why we rated Spirit Week Showdown (Peachy and Keen) 9C
Spirit Week Showdown (Peachy and Keen) is written at a Level 4-5 reading level across 100 pages. Strong independent readers around grade 5.5 can typically handle this book on their own; with parent or teacher support, Spirit Week Showdown (Peachy and Keen) works for readers up to grade 6.5.
We rate Spirit Week Showdown (Peachy and Keen) as 9C ("Clear") because the content sits in the "Gentle" range — no conflict beyond everyday childhood experiences. Across our four dimensions (emotional, physical, social, thematic) the book reads as evenly gentle; no single dimension stands out as a concern.
No specific content flags were raised by community reviewers, which is consistent with the gentle intensity score.
Thematically, Spirit Week Showdown (Peachy and Keen) explores friendship, humor, school, animals, and adventure — 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 whose emotional readiness lags behind their decoding skills — this book's intensity outruns its reading level, a classic "gifted kid" mismatch.
For Parents
Content Intensity
9C — ClearNo conflict beyond everyday childhood experiences. Safe for sensitive readers.
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Reading Insights
Hook Factor
3/10A 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
- 9781338289312
- Pages
- 100
- Publisher
- Scholastic Inc.
- Published
- 2018
- Type
- Fiction