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

This book was published 2009 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers .

Diana Lopez is a native of Corpus Christi, Texas. Her adult novel, Sofia's Saints , was published by Bilingual Review Press in 2002, and she is a contributing author to Hecho en Tejas: An Anthology of Texas Mexican Literature . Diana now teaches English at the University of Houston in Victoria, Texas.