Timekeeper

Name: Timekeeper
Author: Alexandra Monir
ISBN: 9780385738408

Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide

by Alexandra Monir

Reading Level 6-7 ME · Moderate · Emotional Ages 13+ Balanced Read

The text is written at a 6th 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

Michele Windsor controls time — or at least tries to. When a mysterious new student appears claiming to be her lost love from another era, everything she thought she knew about her life—and time itself—is turned upside down. But with an enemy holding a century-old grudge, can Michele protect the past and her heart?

Themes

LoveRevengeTime TravelFamily Mystery

Quick Assessment

Sixteen-year-old Michele discovers that a new student claiming no memory of their past may be her lost love from her earlier time travels, and that a century-old family grudge is threatening her now. She turns to her father's journals and a mysterious society for answers as the stakes become life-or-death. Expect a romance that stays non-graphic, a fair amount of suspense and mild peril, and themes of revenge and loss that are handled with moderate weight.

Why we rated Timekeeper ME (Moderate)

Timekeeper is written at a Level 6-7 reading level across 290 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 Timekeeper 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, 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, Timekeeper explores love, revenge, time travel, family, and mystery — 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 love, revenge, time travel.

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

Gentle

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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