This book has been graded for interest at 12+ years.

There are 245 pages in this book. This book was published 2010 by Simon & Schuster .

Alexandria LaFaye is best known for her Scott O'Dell Award-winning novel Worth , as well as the IRA Teacher's Choice picture book Walking Home to Rosie Lee and the critically well-received novels The Year of the Sawdust Man (a flying-start debut with Publishers Weekly ), Nissa's Place, The Keening, Water Steps, and Stella Stands Alone. She lives in Greenville, IL.