I purchased the paperback version on this book, when it first came out. It made me cry. After I bot my iPad, I downloaded the D/C of it, so I could keep it. (paperback long gone) I decided to read it again .... normally I do not read books a second time. Darn, if it didn't make me cry again! For a children's book, that was pretty good! Would I recommend this book? Yes, again and again!

This is one of my favourite books of all time, but this edition is terrible. The text overlaps itself, making it illegible in places, and I can't find any way to fix it. For the price (double what I paid on my Kobo, and more than double what it costs for a paperback copy) I expected to be able to read it properly -- this includes the quotations that open each chapter, and not just the story itself. Maps that are supposed to be a 2page spread (forming a single map) are split up, so that you have to "turn the page" to see the second half, and cannot be viewed together. A massive ripoff, and a huge disappointment. I will never buy another book from this distributor, and I'll be trying to get my money back.

An absolute must read. The best book I've ever read.