This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised in the Intermediate category by the Keystone to Reading Book Award. It was recognised by the Iowa Children's Choice Award. It also was recognised in the Junior / YA category by the South Carolina Childrens Junior and Young Adult Book Award. It was recognised in the Grades 4-6 category by the Volunteer State Book Award.

This book has been graded for interest at 10-14 years.

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by Simon & Schuster .

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.