This book was recognised by the West Virginia Children's Book Award.

This book has been graded for interest at 10-13 years.

There are 151 pages in this book. This book was published 2011 by Square Fish .

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.