The Disenchantments

Name: The Disenchantments
Author: Nina LaCour
ISBN: 9780525422198

Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide

by Nina LaCour

Reading Level 4-5 LE · Mild · Emotional Ages 13+ Balanced Read

The text is written at a 4th grade reading level, the subject matter is intended for teens (ages 13+), 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

The buzz of guitars fills the air as The Disenchantments hit the road, their van rumbling through rainy towns and glowing city lights. But when Bev suddenly changes their plans, Colby faces the quiet hum of uncertainty and the big question: where do you go when the path you dreamed of disappears? In the rhythm of music and friendship, new journeys begin.

Themes

FriendshipMusicAdventure Coming of Age Family

Quick Assessment

After high school graduation, Colby and her best friend Bev plan to tour Europe, but Bev abandons those plans to start college, and Colby joins Bev's band on tour anyway. The story follows Colby as she grapples with a changing friendship and an uncertain future while the band plays small towns and rundown venues. Expect emotional content about disappointment, growing apart, and big life decisions, with the story's music-club settings as the main content consideration.

Why we rated The Disenchantments LE (Mild)

The Disenchantments is written at a Level 4-5 reading level across 308 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 The Disenchantments 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, The Disenchantments explores friendship, music, adventure, coming of age, and family — 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 friendship, music, adventure.

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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