This book was recognised in the Grades 4-6 category by the Young Hoosier Book Award.

This book is part of a book series called Puffin Chapters .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 83 pages in this book. This is a chapter book. Publishers market early chapter books at readers aged 6-10 years. This book was published 1999 by Penguin Books Australia .

Betsy Duffey is the author of numerous books for young readers, including How to Be Cool in the Third Grade, The Math Wiz and Utterly Yours, Booker Jones . She lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Ellen Thompson has illustrated over one hundred children's book jackets, and her work has appeared in numerous magazines. She lives in Franklin Park, New Jersey.