I honestly love this book. It is a good coming of age novel that would be most suitable for 14+ aged people. It deals with racism,addiction,poverty,and many other sensitive topics. The story can be confusing at first,because it is just analogies all piled into one book. The book sometimes just jumps into moments of the past before continuing onto the current sequence of events. Though it can be an issue for certain people,I have no problem with it. Overall,it is a fine novel that you can finish within a sitting.