We love CHC English workbooks, this one is no exception. From details such as being spiralbound and nice, white paper, an uncluttered layout, to the pictures and Catholic content, these books offer a superior choice! This is the first middle school level of the series and the first no longer written by Nancy Nicholson but by Christine Schintgen, an English college professor, who happens to be the grandaughter of Hilda Van Stockum! This level has a part dedicated to writing skills that is taken more in-depth than previous levels: paragraph format, the Writing Process, pre-writing, drafting, transitions, editing, proofreading, five-paragraph essay, thesis statement, etc As with the rest of the series, the book has the right amount of information and exercises--we do a page or two a day in our homeschool. The Catholic content makes this book a wondeful choice for Catholic families!