Pollan is a pretty great storyteller, and it’s abundantly clear that a lot of care and attention went into the research documented in this book. However, it is a little repetitive (in case you missed it the first fifty times, most of what we eat can be traced back to corn!) and on a syntactical level the writing isn’t the best. (Which is hopefully related to this being the young readers’ edition, but let’s just say I won’t be going to the extra effort of seeking out the adult version.)