Touchdown Triumph
Jane bingham
Touchdown Triumph
Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide
by Jane bingham
The text is written at a 3rd grade reading level, the subject matter is intended for younger children (ages 5–8), and the content is mild with minimal sensitive material.
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About This Book
What happens when your biggest game feels like your last chance? Oliver is the star wide receiver, but everything is changing fast. Can he turn it all around and score the ultimate touchdown?
Themes
Quick Assessment
This early reader fiction follows Oliver, a young wide receiver facing challenges both on and off the football field as he adjusts to a new home and school in Colorado. Suitable for ages 5-8, it explores themes of sportsmanship, change, and perseverance in an accessible way without intense conflict or mature content.
Why we rated Touchdown Triumph 8LE
Touchdown Triumph is written at a Level 3 reading level across 72 pages. Strong independent readers around grade 4.0 can typically handle this book on their own; with parent or teacher support, Touchdown Triumph works for readers up to grade 5.0.
We rate Touchdown Triumph as 8LE ("Light — 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.
No specific content flags were raised by community reviewers, which is consistent with the mild intensity score.
Thematically, Touchdown Triumph explores sports, moving, family, schools, and friendship — these threads give the book room to mean different things to different readers.
Good fit for
- ✓ Children in the Ages 5-8 range — the maturity and attention span match the story's pacing.
- ✓ Patient readers who enjoy slower, character-driven stories.
- ✓ Kids drawn to stories about sports, moving, family.
Maybe not for
- ! Reluctant readers who need a fast hook — the pacing here rewards patience.
For Parents
Content Intensity
8LE — Light — EmotionalLight conflict or tension. Mild peril resolved quickly.
Was our "Mild" content intensity rating accurate for this book?
Reading Insights
Hook Factor
2/10A steady, thoughtful read that rewards patient readers.
Discussion Potential
2/10A lighter read — great for independent enjoyment.
Book DNA
Multi-dimensional content fingerprint
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Details
Book Length
- ISBN
- 9781496504920
- Pages
- 72
- Publisher
- Capstone
- Published
- 2015
- Type
- Fiction