This one took us a little while to get through. I read it with Isaac since it's one of the Hoosier Book Nominees on his list. It is the 2nd book in a series and I think we might have understood it a little better if we'd read the first one, but it was still okay. There is a lot of basketball lingo in it, so if you don't know much about basketball it might be a little boring or confusing to you. I think Isaac liked it okay, but if your child is a big basketball lover they will probably really enjoy this one. My 13 and 12 year old boys read it first and both loved it.