Triple fault

Name: Triple fault
Author: Jessica Burkhart
ISBN: 9781416958437

Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide

by Jessica Burkhart

Reading Level 3 LE · Mild · Emotional Ages 5-8 Matched

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. Its HootRating code, LE, means mild content, mostly emotional.

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About This Book

The soft clopping of hooves echoes through the crisp morning air, mixed with the sweet scent of hay and the warm leather of saddles. Sasha feels her heart race as she faces her biggest challenge yet—riding alongside Heather, the queen of the stables, who just might steal more than her spotlight. Can Sasha hold her ground when friendship, rivalry, and a secret crush all collide?

Themes

HorsesFriendship FamilySocial CustomsComing of Age

Quick Assessment

This early reader novel follows Sasha, a young equestrian navigating the challenges of competitive horse riding, friendship rivalries, and early social dynamics at a private school setting. Appropriate for ages 5-8, it gently explores themes of teamwork, jealousy, and growing up without intense conflict or mature content. Parents can expect light social tension and positive messages about cooperation and resilience.

Why we rated Triple fault LE (Mild)

Triple fault is written at a Level 3 reading level across 268 pages. Reading-wise, most kids in grade 4 and up can manage Triple fault on their own; younger readers can enjoy it with a parent or teacher reading along.

We rate Triple fault 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.

No specific content flags were raised by community reviewers, which is consistent with the mild intensity score.

Thematically, Triple fault explores horses, friendship, family, social customs, and coming of age — 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.
✓ Kids drawn to stories about horses, friendship, family.

Maybe not for

! Readers looking for something heavier — this is a gentle, low-stakes story by design.

For Parents

Content Intensity

LE · Mild · Emotional

Emotional

Mild ←

Physical

Gentle

Social

Mild

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.

Data confidence: high

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