This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised by the Massachusetts Book Award. It was recognised by the Rhode Island Book Awards. It also was recognised in the Grades K-3 category by the Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award. It was recognised in the Early Chapter Books category by the Cybils Award. The Cybils Awards is a group of readers passionate about seeking out and recognizing books that represent diversity, inclusion, and appropriate representation for children and teens. To accomplish that goal, the Cybils Awards works to recognize books written for children and young adults that combine both the highest literary merit and popular appeal. Also it was recognised in the Ages 7-10 Years category by the Capitol Choices Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens.

This book is part of a book series called Franklin School Friends .

This book has been graded for interest at 7-10 years.

There are 122 pages in this book. This is a chapter book. Publishers market early chapter books at readers aged 6-10 years. This book was published 2013 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr) .

Rob Shepperson's drawings appear regularly in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post, and he illustrated THE BIG HOUSE, by Carolyn Coman. He lives in Croton-on-Hudson, NY. Claudia Mills is the acclaimed author of many books for children. She lives in Boulder, Colorado.