True, I was assigned this book for a novel study at school, and after doing many projects and essays on it, I can say that I have a very good grasp of the story. The thing about this book is is that you either absoutley love it or you absoutley hate it. For myself, I enjoyed the internal sense of community while Brian grows up. But the thing that struck me most was the spirtuality of the wind, it isn't just any normal element, but a symbol of god. Overall it would be a benefit for anybody to read, some may sterotype this book as the typical Canadian story, on the prairie, during the Great Depression. But I gurantee you that there is much more to it than that, as the poem in the beginning says. It is about a boy and the wind. Enjoy everbody!