When my school librarian gave me this book to read over summer two years ago, I just couldn't think I would be able to read it... it was fantasy... it had dragons, magic, wizards... I was definitely not going to like it. But when I started reading it I just couldn't put it down, and read it in 1 day! It brought me into the marvelous world of fantasy, and it is for me one of the best books in the whole world. Now I'm 14, and I still re-read it whenever I'm bored or disspirited... it somehow has the power to cheer me up!