It was really something that we wanted to get started for the public library -- we want to have a chapter book group -- and this is a good way to get started.

I started reading this book about two months ago, because we meet once a week so it takes a while to get through it. So two months ago I started reading it and the young girl came back and said 'I got the book, I borrowed it from my teacher at school and I'm reading it.' The next thing I know she was done, so she was trying to tell the story as we were going along, but it was great.

That's why I chose it, it's the first book in a series. This way they get the first book and it will suck them in. It draws them in and gets them interested in the book, and then they want to continue the series. And it gets them reading, which is the whole point of this group.

I had it described to me once by a young man who often comes into the library as a cross between Harry Potter and the X-Men. So I thought that was a great description. It's an excellent book, and the kids really love it, and they don't want me to stop.

We wanted to inform our readers of a story that had violence spawned by imagery. We felt they wouldn't be adequately informed if they couldn't see the imagery that was the root of this entire story.

We told ourselves to stay calm and not worry about the officiating or other things.