for this book because of two reasons. one, i do like the premise of the book. the earth is split into three kingdoms: the sky, the surface and the ocean. the main character lives in the run down, and terrible surface kingdom and wants to escape to the sky kingdom, and kind of gets involved in a war, and of course, finds himself more important that he would have ever thought. i can’t wait to read it. however, i also picked it up because i admire james a lot. he’s 18 years old, a high school senior and self-published. i really admire young people, like me (though there’s a 7 