This book was recognised by the Earthworm Award.

This book is part of a book series called Puffin Teenage Books .

There are 176 pages in this book. This book was published 1997 by Penguin Books Ltd .

Gudrun Pausewang was born in 1928, and had to flee Hitler's Germany at the age of 17. She has been a teacher and head mistress in Germany, and also in Chile and Venezuela, where she lived for many years. She is a celebrated author in Germany, having written over 70 children's books, many of which have been translated into other languages, and she is the wrinner of several literature prizes.