This book has been graded for interest at 4-7 years.

This book was published 2004 by Jewish Lights Publishing .

Phoebe Stone is the beloved and acclaimed author of several novels for middle grade, including The Romeo and Juliet Code , which was hailed by the Boston Globe as "quite simply the best novel for young readers . since Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone . " She received four starred reviews for The Boy on Cinnamon Street , and another star for her novel Deep Down Popular . Booklist awarded a starred review to Romeo Blue , the follow-up to The Romeo and Juliet Code , calling it "compelling, and with plenty of heart and soul. " Phoebe and her husband live in Middlebury, Vermont. Amy-Jill Levine is E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies and Professor of Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University. For more details on the parables, see her Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi. Sandy Eisenberg Sasso is the Director of Religion, Spirituality and the Arts Initiative at Butler University. She is Rabbi Emerita of Congregation Beth-El Zedeck and an author of many award-winning children's books. Margaux Meganck is a freelance artist and children's book illustrator in Portland, Oregon. She is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.