Review: What a Read!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 14, 2013
Wikkley is on a mission, a mission to save his family's farm from being repossessed.  He may only be ten years old, but he is the oldest child and only boy, so he will not let his great aunt or great uncle down.  He knows they came upon much of the hardships they have because of the three children they are raising that they wouldn't have had to.  On his journey he learns that he King may not be as personable as they think.  The King seems to be more obsessed with builing up his castle to be bigger than the neighboring King's castle.  How can he talk to a King to get help for his family if they are so busy with the Castles they don't even acknowledge him?  Will he have traveled all the way to the Kingdom just to learn it was all for not?  Will his personality of being a reckless ten year old boy ever come in handy or will it just come to get him hurt...or worse, dead?I enjoyed this story and the values in it.  The idea of why Wikkley was doing what he was doing was touching.  He just wanted to save his family's farm from ruin because they helped raise him.  Wikkley was a quick favorite character to me.  He was funny, brave, and real to the reader.  He was one that knew how to have fun, like a boy should, but he also knew how to be serious and help others.  I loved the messages in this book and think it is a great read for children to hear and middle ages to read.  The book was well written and had a good pace to it.  The characters were also great and ones that you could understand and relate to in some way or another.  I recommend this book to anyone looking for a good story that also has lessons built in.5/5 Stars!Gift Via Author