The game of triumphs

Name: The game of triumphs
Author: Laura Powell
ISBN: 9780375865879

Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide

by Laura Powell

Reading Level 5-6 ME · Moderate · Emotional Ages 13+ Matched

The text is written at a 5th 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

Rain splashes against the slick cobblestones as a strange melody hums through the air, pulling Cat into a world where dreams and danger collide. In the shimmering Arcanum, every move in the mysterious game could bring fame or a fate far worse. What secrets will Cat uncover when the past and the future blur beneath the glittering city lights?

Themes

Fantasy World-Building Adventure Mystery FamilySupernatural

Quick Assessment

Cat stumbles into a dangerous game of fortune at a rainy Soho party, and the challenges play out in a dream-like world where players can win fame and fortune or face deadly consequences. The story explores greed, longing, and desperation as Cat uncovers secrets about her family's past and teams up with other outsiders to fight back. Expect peril and death stakes handled without graphic detail, along with themes of family secrets and moral choices, making it a good fit for older teens who enjoy suspenseful, fantasy-tinged adventures.

Why we rated The game of triumphs ME (Moderate)

The game of triumphs is written at a Level 5-6 reading level across 269 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 game of triumphs 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, thematic difficulty — 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, The game of triumphs explores fantasy world-building, adventure, mystery, family, and supernatural — 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 fantasy world-building, adventure, mystery.

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

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

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

Data confidence: high

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