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Ok, I'm not in middle school. And I'm not a girl. I'm a 66 year old man that got out of high school in 1966 barely understanding anything more than Arithmetic. Anything more than add, subtract, multiply, and divide never sunk in. I bought all four of Danica's books to make up for that regret. I've started with this one, and it's finally sinking in. I'm actually learning math. I will tackle each book as I come to it, even if it takes a six months at a time. (Let's face it I have lots of other things to do.) And I will rate each one as I work it. This one, Math Doesn't Suck, is a five star, first class teaching book and here's why: Over the years I've noticed most formal texts teach a subject from the viewpoint of the author's understanding of it. That may seem to make sense, if you don't think about it too much. But the best texts on any subject -- the most successful at teaching the subject -- are the texts that teach from the viewpoint of the STUDENT NOT KNOWING ANYTHING YET, and FROM THE STUDENTS COMMUNICATION LEVEL (not life experience level, but in words and examples the intended student can already understand coming up on the subject, even if that is 'zero'). If you think about it, you've probably noticed that yourself. The texts you always learn the best from are those that teach "in layman's terms", "in terms you already know", or "in the simplest, easiest to understand explanations". In other words, from the viewpoint of you not already understanding anything on the subject matter yet. Sweet 'tween' talk aside, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE BOOKS. And an EXCELLENT one at that. You can safely stop wondering about it and just buy it -- and get busy learning math -- like me. I am hoping Danica McKeller adds Trigonometry and Calculus to her collection.