In Ancient Rome, Flummox's day is going from bad to worse. He's forgotten something important, he's got hiccups, and now he's been made a gladiator! Can Flummox survive gladiators, lions, and a bad case of hiccuping? The Gladiator Who Couldn't Stop Hiccuping is at Oxford Reading Level 11. It is for readers aged 7 to 11 years old who are working below expected standard in their reading. The Readerful Rise series ensures that older struggling readers have books with age-appropriate content and topics, that look like the books their peers are enjoying, but are written at a level they can read successfully.