This was odd, but quite enjoyable. I'm not sure where this really fits in the whole reading spectrum; it feels like a middle grade book, but there are words that I know an 8 year old won't know (mostly food terms like pate -- how do you do accents??) and then there's the damns that show up (only twice, but still...). But it's not complex enough for a YA novel... so it's stuck out there in no-book's land. Still, it's a cute little story.