This is the worst book I've ever (tried to) read! It was boring, it was stupid, and it was worthless. Our class had to rad it for school. One girl actually threw it in her fireplace when she was done reading it. Even some of the parents disliked it. I LOATHE this book. LOATHE IT LOATHE IT HATE IT! I am the fastest reader in my class and it took me 10 minutes to read one page! I agree with the other three reviewers who hate this book. All they ever talk about is how sad everyone is that they have to go to war and blah blah blah. Well WE DON'T CARE! THUMBS DOWN!