While I really enjoyed this book, I don’t think I could really recommend it to a kid without first knowing them and their parents rather well. The whole thing was really exciting, but the content is so very icky and disturbing. I like a good disturbing tale, but I know that it will be too much for quite a few readers. Maybe I should reread some Roald Dahl and see how it compares. I’ll probably steer more YAs toward this one.