My son usually takes books from the library dealing with subject matter that he is currently interested in which ranges from medicine to hockey to science to aircraft and on and on the list goes. He took this book out for some reason and could not put it down. He would share parts of it with me and later told me that it was one of the best books he ever read! That in itself is quite a review and I would highly recommend this book to all preteens. My son is an honor student as well as an athlete who has a wide variety of friends. Although he has always been mature for his age, this book spoke volumes to him and I am extremely glad he found it!