Rereading this, I was kind of surprised that it took me no time at all to get through. I remember reading it when I was little, and it felt like the biggest mystery ever. I used to get scared when Chester broke out the garlic, and Harold's infatuation with chocolate cupcakes mirrored my own. In fact, in my old tattered copy, I underlined every mention of chocolate cupcakes, cheese crackers, and sourball candies in bright pink marker. Apparently, I've always loved food in books.