This book was recognised in the Grades 3-5 category by the Delaware Diamonds Award.

This book has been graded for interest at 6-12 years.

This book was published 2007 by Lee & Low Books .

Bill Wise is the author of the picture book biography Louis Sockalexis , Native American Baseball Pioneer (Lee & Low Books), which was awarded the National Council for Social Studies Carter G. Woodson Elementary Book Award and the International Reading Association Children's Book Award for Primary Nonfiction. Silent Star, the Story of Deaf Major Leaguer William Hoy (Lee & Low Books), also a picture book biography, was named one of the Best Children's Books of the Year, Outstanding Merit by Bank Street College of Education in 2013. Bill lives in Gorham, ME.