In 5th grade we became suddenly aware of the great public school pecking order. Social standing was paramount. I had two classmates, Mikey and Lang. Mikey brought The Dragonlance Chronicles to school one day. Lang said it was not cool, basing this on the admittedly unenthusiastic cover art. Mikey countered that it was in fact very cool because it had dragons. I sided with Mikey. Dragons are badass. A friendship was formed.

Mikey and I eventually grew apart, but Dragonlance and I never will.

5 stars. More or less the most formative text of my entire life, it kicked my reading hobby into overdrive.