I'm 50 yrs old and have read a lot of children's books in my time...I'm mean like 4 kids later ok. This book is literally the most; superficial, uninteresting, poorly written childrens novel at the 5th grade level I have ever been forced to endure. Whom ever place the gold seal on this novel was bought and paid for by the author. We are going to finish this disaster of a book/novel and get back to reading real children's novels like " The almost true stories of Homer figg!"