This is an amazing book, I initially thought it was too difficult for my 6 year old so even though i read it I gave it out to friends to read and they had rav reviews from both their boys and girls, and so now my 7 yr old and even my younger son love reading each chapter before bed each night and it really doesnt matter that the character are girls well maybe atleast for the younger ones, the story is just sooo captivating, even I am excited to read each page even though its my second time around. I really reccommend this book to anyone looking for some decent captivating reading material for their kids, even as independent reading or as a family story time its awesome.