This is one in a series of 10 books, each featuring a Latin American country. The others in the series include: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela. This book is heavy on informative text, all you would need to write a school report about the Dominican Republic. The text is well-written and dense with interesting facts about the history of the country, language, culture, food, lifestyle, economy and commerce, politics and government, famous people, festivals and attractions, and historic sites. There is a nice map and several interesting photographs. I would have liked to see brighter, more vibrant photography in this book as well as more appealing formating to increase readability and interest for students. As of today, there was not an Accelerated Reader test for this title.