This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.

This book was published 2009 by Delacorte Press .

Aaron Starmer is the author of numerous novels for young readers, including The Only Ones and The Riverman. He lives in Vermont with his wife and daughter. Kate Messner is the author of the E. B. White Honoree Over and Under the Snow. She was middle school teacher until recently (when she switched to writing full time) and gives workshops regularly to other teachers and other authors. Andy Rash is the hilarious illustrator of such books as Superhero School, Agent A to Agent Z and The Robots Are Coming.