i am 14 years old. When my mom bought this book for my little sister so that she could read it to her, i scoffed. I said, "thats a dork book". I then went and did my best nerd voice saying "yo d&d is shhweet. (heh) But, a few days ago, I picked this book up. As I read it I found myself not being able to stop reading. It was an amazing book. To anyone who thinks that this book is for dorks or geeks like I did, "you are sadly mistaken". It is fun to read unlike most books. To me, this is "The Catcher in the Rye" of fantasy books. I am only too glad that I decided to humor my mom by reading this amazing book.