The Romeo and Juliet code
by Phoebe Stone
Reading Level 5-6 Moderate (Lvl 3)
Ages 9-12
The text is written at a 5th grade reading level, the subject matter is intended for middle graders (ages 9–12), and the content has moderate intensity with some emotionally heavy themes.
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About This Book
Eleven-year-old Felicity leaves London during World War II to stay with her family in a quiet Maine town. There, she teams up with a shy boy to unravel secret messages that might reveal what happened to her lost parents. Together, they navigate mystery and history in a story full of hope and bravery.
Representation & Themes
HistoricalMysteryFamilyFriendshipComing of Age
For Parents
Content Intensity
Level 3 — Moderate Gentle Mild Moderate Intense Very Intense
Real stakes and emotional weight. May include sustained danger, loss, or bullying.
Content Flags
War & Conflict Loss & Grief Mild Peril
Data confidence: high
Details
- ISBN
- 9780545215114
- Publisher
- Arthur A. Levine Books
- Published
- 2011
- Type
- Fiction
- Word Count
- 58,166
- Lexile
- 850L
Subjects
HistoryFamiliesWorld War, 1939-1945CiphersIdentityFictionCode and cipher storiesJuvenile fictionFamily lifeEvacuation of civiliansHistorical fictionIdentity (Psychology)FamilyChildren's fictionIdentity, fictionWorld war, 1939-1945, fictionMaine, fictionGreat britain, history, fiction
Places
United StatesMaine