I read this book when I was in the fifth grade. I was struggling to read books in my grade level and my teacher figured out that I have dyslexia. He asked me to read one book that year to prove that I could actually read at a fifth grade level. To this day I still remember where this book was in the library and what it looked like. I was drawn to the dark red cloth cover with the gold print. Once I starting reading, I didn't want to put this book down. I finished it in just a couple weeks. My teacher was proud and impressed. I started that year at a second/third grade reading level and ended at a sixth grade reading level.