This is one EXCEPTIONAL 'coming of Age' classic
Read the review then read the story. If anything, Reviewer understates the richness of content.
http://storiesonline.net/library/get_review.php?id=46443
He states, in his opinion, the story degrades in technical quality as it goes along and he is an admitted Grammar Nazi.
I saw one or two (and they were likely typo's which is a different category to me) although I'm waxing eloquent after only four chapters, I bookmarked the story to actually PROLONG the pleasure of reading it.. it's THAT GOOD.