It is unusual that the kids and I will all have the same decidedly negative response to a book, but something about this one *really* didn't sit well with any of us. My niece said, "That was a weird book. I don't think I liked that one," and my nephew, who likes pretty much anything to do with superheroes, said, "I don't like that book. Let's read the other one."

I'm not exactly sure what the author was trying to convey in this story. While the book started out p More...