Lori,

Has your son read The Lord of the Rings? If so he might enjoy one of my favorite quotes about Atlas Shrugged, from John Rogers:

�There are two novels that can transform a bookish fourteen-year-old�s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish daydream that can lead to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood in which large parts of the day are spent inventing ways to make real life more like a fantasy novel. The other is a book about orcs.�