Everyone should read this book because it leaves a lot of life messages throughout the book. Some of these life story's will relate to kids because you will always read story about how kids messed up when they were younger and they would say they went through a "Hole in their life". One of the life stories in this book is that if you screw up one time in your life you can still make a change with who you are. Just because you made a mistake that put you in jail, it doesn't make you a bad person. There are so many opportunities to still change your life for the better that there is no way that you shouldn't after you make a huge mistake. All in all, the message was trying to say that if you make a mistake, you can pick yourself back up and become someone in this world and live a happy life.