I am a 17 year old academic student, and love reading. I would aim this book towards ages of 12 - 15. This piece of literature touches on some fairly deep structures, may not be the best for age of 10 or younger. As for over 15 it may be a little waste of your time, find something deeper for you to read. Although i am a academic student, and i love reading, so if you are not a heavy reader and your 16, 17 i would consider reading it then. But beware, if you look at this book on a certain angle, it can be very touching and emotional.

i think that elijah of buxton is a pretty good book. this is coming from an 11 year old. i think that it is ok for children 8 and up. they need to know what slavery is to first read the book.all of the students i know that read this book think its pretty good too. But dont give up on the book. i know the begining of the book is boring but it really takes off at the end. So read it!

I'm reading it for this thing we're doing in fourth grade. I can't really understand what it's saying, but it's a great book!

The book is illustrated by the character's slave-like dialect that sets the tone for the book. Its plot trails off a little at the end, but while you're reading it you feel as if you were in the slavery times. You gotta read this book.

AWESOME BOOK! Humorous and Educational. Some people just don't get it though. I read a few comments and some people said it was a waste of time and hard to understand. The book must not be their style, then. Educational: The setting of the book was during the slave times. Positive Message: While reading the author shares stories and you can get a moral from them. Good Role Models: Elijah is a "fra-gile " boy who gains courage throughout the book. Language: Hell and The D word is used a few times. Drugs: A boy, Mawee , smoke cigars

It is a historical fiction book. Personly I thought the begging was boring but once I got to the middle of the book it was good.