This book was recognised by the Oregon Book Award.

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

There are 120 pages in this book. This book was published 2006 by Scholastic .

Deborah Hopkinson's most recent book is the ALA Award-Winning Apples to Oregon . Her other titles include Under the Quilt of NIght (Also illustrated by James E. Ransome) and Fannie in the Kitchen . She lives in Oregon.