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The Streets of Panic Park
Robert Lawrence Stine
The Streets of Panic Park
Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide
Goosebumps HorrorLand #12
The text is written at a 3rd grade reading level, the subject matter is intended for middle graders (ages 9–12), and the content is mild with minimal sensitive material. Its HootRating code, LP, means mild content, mostly physical.
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About This Book
Luke and Lizzy find themselves stuck in Panic Park, a place filled with new dangers and challenges. To break free, they must team up with a former foe and face The Menace, all while dealing with a friend's unexpected betrayal. Adventure and suspense await as they navigate this thrilling escape.
Themes
Quick Assessment
This is a Level 3-4 book with mild content intensity. Content themes include mild peril, fantasy violence, betrayal. Written for readers ages 9-12.
Why we rated The Streets of Panic Park LP (Mild)
The Streets of Panic Park is written at a Level 3-4 reading level across 136 pages (approximately 22,668 words). Reading-wise, most kids in grade 4 and up can manage The Streets of Panic Park on their own; younger readers can enjoy it with a parent or teacher reading along.
Read aloud, The Streets of Panic Park runs about 2.5 hours — long enough to span several bedtime sessions.
We rate The Streets of Panic Park as LP (Mild, mostly physical) 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, Betrayal.
Thematically, The Streets of Panic Park explores friendship, adventure, fantasy world-building, and trust and betrayal — 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.
- ✓ Readers who like a steady plot with enough momentum to keep pages turning.
- ✓ Kids drawn to stories about friendship, adventure, fantasy world-building.
- ✓ Readers who fall hard for one book and want a long series to live in — there are 18 more books in the Goosebumps HorrorLand series.
Maybe not for
- ! Children who are sensitive to violence, even when handled at age-appropriate levels.
For Parents
Content Intensity
LP · Mild · PhysicalReading 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.
Content Flags
Was our "Mild" content intensity rating accurate for this book?
Reading Insights
Hook Factor
6/10Engaging read with solid pacing and interesting themes.
Discussion Potential
1/10A lighter read — great for independent enjoyment.
Book DNA
Multi-dimensional content fingerprint
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Details
Book Length
- ISBN
- 9780439918800
- Pages
- 136
- Publisher
- Scholastic Paperbacks
- Published
- 2009
- Type
- Fiction
- Word Count
- 22,668
- Read-Aloud
- ~2h 31m
- Text Density
- Standard