This book is part of a book series called Puffin Modern Classics .
This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.
There are 129 pages in this book. This book was published 2005 by Puffin Books .
Betsy Byars is the author of many award-winning books for children, including The Summer of the Swans, a Newbery Medal winner. The Pinballs was an ALA Notable Book. She is also the author of Goodbye, Chicken Little; The Two-Thousand-Pound Goldfish; and the popular Golly Sisters trilogy.
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This book has been nominated for the following award:
Newbery Award
This book was recognised by the Newbery Award. The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.