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

This book has been graded for interest at 10+ years.

There are 208 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by HarperCollins .

Cynthia DeFelice is a successful children's author who lives in New York. This book was inspired by her grandfather who was apprenticed to a rural doctor at the age of twelve, and went on to become a respected surgeon.