I read this book when I was in sixth grade and it was the worst book I have ever read. Besides being a boring read, the book expressed devil-worshiping and much violence. The 'evil' character portrayed in this book is violent and hateful, not at all what a sixth grader should be reading. I would not recommend this book to a sixth grader, as I was, but to a mature young adult who knows the rights and wrongs of this book.