I was hoping this book would be a good one to read with my nephew but the ending pissed me off and I don't want to share the disappointing, yet realistic, ending with my nephew and make him sad. The whole time with a stranger in the house in the woods wasn't something I wanted to put in his head was okay either. Especially since the likelihood of them actually being nice and like a young, female version of the mentor from karate kid is much less likely than them being a sexual predator. So, the story was too realistic in someways and not realistic enough in others.