The Skeleton's Revenge (Graveyard School)

Name: The Skeleton's Revenge (Graveyard School)
Author: Tom B. Stone
ISBN: 0553485245

Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide

by Tom B. Stone

Graveyard School

Reading Level 4 LE · Mild · Emotional Ages 13+ Matched Page-Turner

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

Skate McGraw heads to his uncle's island home for Thanksgiving, but strange noises and a spooky skeleton lurking in the study quickly turn his holiday eerie. When mysterious footsteps and chilling shadows creep through the night, Skate must face the skeleton on a skateboard seeking a spooky comeback. Can he unravel the mystery before it's too late?

Themes

Horror & Ghost StoriesHumor Adventure

Quick Assessment

This is a Level 4 book with mild content intensity. Content themes include mild peril, fantasy violence, fear & anxiety. Written for readers ages 13+.

Why we rated The Skeleton's Revenge (Graveyard School) LE (Mild)

The Skeleton's Revenge (Graveyard School) is written at a Level 4 reading level across 112 pages (approximately 16,132 words). 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.

Read aloud, The Skeleton's Revenge (Graveyard School) runs about 1.8 hours — long enough to span several bedtime sessions.

We rate The Skeleton's Revenge (Graveyard School) 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.

Specific content flags noted by reviewers: Mild Peril, Fantasy Violence, Fear & Anxiety.

Thematically, The Skeleton's Revenge (Graveyard School) explores horror & ghost stories, humor, and adventure — 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.
✓ Reluctant readers who need fast-paced, hook-heavy stories to stay engaged.
✓ Kids drawn to stories about horror & ghost stories, humor, adventure.
✓ Readers who fall hard for one book and want a long series to live in — there are 26 more books in the Graveyard School series.

Maybe not for

! Children who are sensitive to violence, even when handled at age-appropriate levels.

For Parents

Content Intensity

LE · Mild · Emotional

Emotional

Mild ←

Physical

Mild

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.