Good read. Yes, this is a "youth novel" in the teen section at the library, but sometimes these are the best reads. Colfer seems to have a way with humor...he's good at it, witty...I was laughing aloud many times throughout this read. I picked it up because it is one of only 4 items at the entire library system that references the Irish sport of hurling. I was disappointed at the lack of references there actually are to the sport, but was delighted with the story. I also read this out of sequence as this book came after another with the same protagonist, Benny, who was named after Bernard Shaw by his poet mother. Good stuff.