I've worked in a middle school media center for 2 years and the one thing I have learned is that if a book doesn't capture a student's interest in the first paragraph and maintain it to the next page, that student will not read the book.

What I like about this is the selection of authors. Don't like Tolkien? Okay go on to the next. Maybe by the end a child might want to go back to read about Tolkien. As an adult, this is a very fast read but to a middle schooler, it's a good pace. A child can jump around from story to story without losing any plot points. It's set up like a "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book but is more entertaining. Really a solid effort and I will be recommending this to our book buyer.