This book was recognised in the Book of the Year - Younger Readers category by the Children's Book Council of Australia Awards. It was recognised in the Younger Readers category by the Courier Mail Book of the Year Award.

This book was published 2014 by Bolinda Publishing .

Sonya Hartnett is the author of the award-winning Thursday's Child, The Silver Donkey, What the Birds See, Stripes of the Sidestep Wolf and Surrender. She lives in Australia.