My kids may be a little young for it (10 & 9) now, but I would have devoured it at their age, so you never know.it is a story described in the back blurb as a young adult Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime with all the mind-bending crime solving of Encyclopedia Brown and the ageless humor of Josh Lieb's I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to be Your Class President.