I read this book when I was an early teen and surprised myself many times over the years by thinking of it . The latest being this morning ,when I decided to goggle it and see if anyone had heard of it .I would never call the book "great writing " , but it's seemingly simple thyme and presentation was for me the path to many different areas of contemplation .Survival , human needs , morality forms of government dealing with reality ,acceptance . I reread it about fifteen-twenty years later and was very pleased that I had encountered it when I did . I believe one would be doing a young person a favor by gifting them with this book . (even if you have to pay them to read it )