Titans

Name: Titans
Author: Victoria Scott
ISBN: 9780545806015

Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide

by Victoria Scott

Reading Level 5-6 ME · Moderate · Emotional Ages 13+ Matched

The text is written at a 5th 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

Astrid Sullivan comes from a family where everyone bets big, and now her dad’s lost everything on the wildest races you’ve ever seen. These aren’t ordinary races — the Titans are half-horse, half-car creatures speeding through impossible tracks. Astrid might be the only one who can save her family, but can she handle the high stakes and the fierce competition?

Themes

FamilyRacingJuvenile FictionCompulsive Gamblers

Quick Assessment

Seventeen-year-old Astrid's family is falling apart after her father loses a job and their savings to betting on robotic racing horses, so she enters a dangerous derby hoping to win money and save them. The story explores compulsive gambling, financial hardship, and the gap between wealthy jockeys and working-class fans, with racing peril and tense family conflict. Parents should expect emotional weight around addiction and money stress, with action that stays within the racing scenes.

Why we rated Titans ME (Moderate)

Titans is written at a Level 5-6 reading level across 313 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 Titans 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 — these are the dimensions parents should evaluate against their reader's tolerance.

Specific content flags noted by reviewers: Compulsive Gambling.

Thematically, Titans explores family, racing, juvenile fiction, and compulsive gamblers — 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 family, racing, juvenile fiction.

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

Mild

Social

Mild

Thematic

Mild

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.