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The Golden State Warriors
Mark Stewart
The Golden State Warriors
Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide
by Mark Stewart
Team Spirit: Basketball (Norwood House)
The text is written at a 5th 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
Discover the exciting journey of the Golden State Warriors, from their early days to their greatest victories. Meet the star players and learn about the team's milestones through fun facts, timelines, and colorful illustrations. Perfect for young basketball fans eager to explore the history of their favorite team!
Quick Assessment
This is a Level 5-6 book with gentle content intensity. No notable content concerns flagged. Written for readers ages 9-12.
Why we rated The Golden State Warriors 10C
The Golden State Warriors is written at a Level 5-6 reading level across 50 pages (approximately 4,810 words). Strong independent readers around grade 6.6 can typically handle this book on their own; with parent or teacher support, The Golden State Warriors works for readers up to grade 7.6.
Read aloud, The Golden State Warriors takes about 32 minutes, which fits within a single read-aloud session.
We rate The Golden State Warriors as 10C ("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, The Golden State Warriors explores sports, history, 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.
- ✓ Reluctant readers who need fast-paced, hook-heavy stories to stay engaged.
- ✓ Kids drawn to stories about sports, history, adventure.
- ✓ Readers who fall hard for one book and want a long series to live in — there is one more book in the Team Spirit: Basketball (Norwood House) series.
- ✓ Curious kids who prefer real-world topics over made-up stories.
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
10C — ClearNo conflict beyond everyday childhood experiences. Safe for sensitive readers.
Was our "Gentle" content intensity rating accurate for this book?
Reading Insights
Hook Factor
8/10High engagement — fast-paced, fun, and hard to put down. Great for reluctant 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
- 9781599533247
- Pages
- 50
- Publisher
- Norwood House Press
- Published
- 2009
- Type
- Nonfiction
- Word Count
- 4,810
- Read-Aloud
- ~32 min
- Text Density
- Light Text