Your Angry Child
Daniel L. Davis
Your Angry Child
Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide
A Guide for Parents
by Daniel L. Davis
The text is written at a 4th grade reading level, the subject matter is intended for middle graders (ages 9–12), and the content has moderate intensity with some emotionally heavy themes.
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About This Book
Some kids get so angry, it feels like a storm inside them that just won’t stop. But what if you could understand why that storm is there and learn how to calm it down? This story shows you surprising ways anger can be handled—because knowing is the first step to changing.
Themes
Quick Assessment
This book offers parents practical, research-backed advice on understanding and managing anger in children and adolescents. Written by an experienced psychologist, it covers the development of anger, related behavioral issues, and effective strategies for helping children cope. Suitable for parents of kids aged 9-12, it also serves as a resource for professionals working with youth experiencing anger problems.
Why we rated Your Angry Child 9ME
Your Angry Child is written at a Level 4-5 reading level across 134 pages. Strong independent readers around grade 5.5 can typically handle this book on their own; with parent or teacher support, Your Angry Child works for readers up to grade 6.5.
We rate Your Angry Child as 9ME ("Moderate — 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.
No specific content flags were raised by community reviewers, which is consistent with the moderate intensity score.
Thematically, Your Angry Child explores emotions in children, parent and child, child psychology, and adolescent psychology — 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.
- ✓ Patient readers who enjoy slower, character-driven stories.
- ✓ Kids drawn to stories about emotions in children, parent and child, child psychology.
Maybe not for
- ! Readers who get easily upset by emotional or moderately dark scenes — the conflict here is real, not just background flavor.
- ! Reluctant readers who need a fast hook — the pacing here rewards patience.
For Parents
Content Intensity
9ME — Moderate — EmotionalReal stakes and emotional weight. May include sustained danger, loss, or bullying.
Was our "Moderate" content intensity rating accurate for this book?
Reading Insights
Hook Factor
1/10A 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
- 9781315043722
- Pages
- 134
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Published
- 2013
- Type
- Fiction