I read the book the Rifle and did not enjoy it very much. I beleive Gary Paulsen has written many better books than this one. I read the book and was waiting for a climax the whole book but just never seemed to happen. Although I thuoght the beginging was ver interseting the rest of the book sort of dragged out the entire time. If you plan to read this book dont come in with too high of expectations but could be interesting to some people but for me it was not. Good Luck with it and have a fun time reading.