I wish I could read this again for the first time. So good!

I didn't necessarily enjoy this book as an adult. Considered giving it 2 stars. That said, I probably would have enjoyed it quite a bit at 10 or 11.

I remember this book being wildly popular when I was in grade school, but for some reason the cover turned me off and I never read it. Surprising, considering it won the Newbery and that was how I picked out many of the books I read around that time.

This was excellent. Would have loved it as a teenager, not sure why I never read it when it came out.