HIP Junior novels have been created for students in grades 4-6 who read at a grade-2 to grade-3 level. Characters are young adolescents; plots involve high action but no real violence; themes are appropriate to middle school and senior elementary grades. Reading levels: grade 2.2-2.5, Lexile levels 340-470, Fountas and Pinnell levels L and M. A separate 24-page teacher's guide is available for each novel.