This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.
There are 181 pages in this book. This book was published 2008 by Farrar Straus Giroux .
Cynthia DeFelice is a successful children's author who lives in New York. This book was inspired by her grandfather who was apprenticed to a rural doctor at the age of twelve, and went on to become a respected surgeon.
Edgar Allen Poe Award for Children Nominees
Animals in fiction
Marine Life in fiction
Boy And Man in fiction
Marriage And Divorce in fiction
Nature in fiction
This book is in the following series:
This book has been nominated for the following awards:
Iowa Children's Choice Award
This book was recognised by the Iowa Children's Choice Award.
Young Hoosier Book Award
This book was recognised in the Middle Grade category by the Young Hoosier Book Award.
William Allen White Childens Book Award
This book was recognised in the Grades 3-5 category by the William Allen White Childens Book Award.
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award
This book was recognised in the Grades 3-5 category by the Sunshine State Young Reader's Award.
Edgar Allan Poe Award
This book was recognised by the The Edgars Award. The Edgars - or 'Edgar Allen Poe Award' - are presented annually by the members of the Mystery Writers of America to distinguished fiction and non-fiction works about crime, mystery and detection primarily by American authors.
South Carolina Childrens Junior and Young Adult Book Award
This book was recognised by the South Carolina Childrens Junior and Young Adult Book Award.