I bought this book for my nine-year-old who creates stories constantly but was resisting writing. I started reaading it myself and was hooked. Ms. Levine talks to kids as if they were real people - imagine! No condescending. And she puts the writing steps into a logical order that sounds fun and exciting. This is the best book on writing written for kids.

This book helped tons of my students with their descriptions in their creative writing endevors. I couldn't ask for a better way to get them involved in their writing, other than reading! AMAZING! A must-read!

The author of "Ella Enchanted" has succeeded to explain the finesse of the writing. For starters in writing stories, this book is useful and worth to read but the book lacks to explain the usage of punctuation!!

Punctuation is part of writing and you'll not be able to write a good story without using them or knowing when do u need to use them.

In general, the book is good if you are freelancer or even screenwriter. Good to learn how to write in details. You'll need some other books to support your understanding of writing.

Recommended for all ages.

I bought this book for my 10 year old granddaughter, who aspires to be the next Jo March (Little Women). I thought she might just glance at it, and perhaps use it for reference. Imagine my surprise to find her reading it from cover to cover. The helpful hints and tips were just exactly what she needed to "fix" some of her stories. She told me she learned a lot from the book.

This is a young people's guide to writing. It provides advice on how to start a story, how to get ideas for stories, how to develop and conclude stories. It is written with enthusiasm , and tries to give practical advice including advice about selling one's work. It also speaks about 'writing' as a way of organizing one's life, and as having purposes outside the selling of one's work.
It seems to me a fine down- to - earth work though perhaps a bit optimistic and therefore misleading about the real chances for most people's making a career in writing.