This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

This book was published 2006 by Greenwillow Books .

Christopher Russell has been a scriptwriter on numerous television and radio programmes, including EastEnders, A Touch of Frost and Midsomer Murders. He was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize for Brind and the Dogs of War, his first book for Puffin. He lives on the Isle of Wight.