This is book 1 in Bone .

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 224 pages in this book. This book was published 2011 by Turtleback Books .

After four years of drawing comic strips for Ohio State University's student newspaper, Jeff Smith launched the comic book Bone in 1991. Between Bone and his other comic book projects, he now spends much of his time on the international guest circuit, promoting comics and the art of graphic novels. Chris Golden and Tom Sniegoski are regular contributors to the monthly Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic book.