This book is part of a book series called John Bellairs Mysteries .

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

There are 188 pages in this book. This book was published 2004 by Turtleback Books .

Richard Egielski is the award-winning author and illustrator of many books, including "The Web Files, Three French Hens, "and "The Gingerbread Boy. " He lives with his family in New Jersey. Bellairs was a prolific writer, publishing more than a dozen novels before his untimely death in 1991.