This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised by the Massachusetts Book Award. It was recognised by the Parents' Choice Award. It also was recognised by the Iowa Children's Choice Award. It was recognised in the Grades 4-6 category by the Black-Eyed Susan Award. Also it was recognised by the Sasquatch Award. It was recognised by the Sequoyah Book Award.

This book is part of a book series called Baseball Card Adventures .

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

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published 1999 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Dan Gutman has written many weird books for kids. He lives in New Jersey (a very weird place) with his weird wife and two weird children.