There was a pile of free books at my school and this book was in that pile. I took it because I like to see what students used to read. My mother was trying to find the publication date and then saw that the book is for white children. It had racist slurs but I think given that the book was written in 1956 it may have been used in a private school. I read some parts and its an easy read for beginners I was just shocked with some of what was written.