This book is by far one of the best books of all time, When I was in sixth grade my teacher read it to us, began reading it to us, then one day she told us that Eric Walters the author would be coming to our school to talk with us. He told us the reason why he wrote that book, and how he gets his ideas to write his other books. He is such an inspirational author and a wonderful role model for young children, I mean being a father of 3,an elementary school teacher, social worker and author, all at the same time. I continue to read and collect every book he writes,