This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised by the Isinglass Teen Read Award. It was recognised in the Ages 10-14 Years category by the Capitol Choices Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens. It also was recognised by the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize Award. This award was founded in 1967 and winners are selected by fellow writers. It is awarded annually to fiction written for children aged eight and above.

This is book 1 in Stoneheart Trilogy .

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

There are 450 pages in this book. This book was published 2007 by Hyperion Books for Children .

Charlie Fletcher is a novelist and screenwriter. He is also the curator/creator of the new StoryMachines micro-festival at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Far Rockaway is his fourth novel and combines the big-hearted real world/magical elements of Field of Dreams with the epic swashbuckling of classic adventure novels like The Last of the Mohicans and Treasure Island. It is his love-letter to the books in his childhood that got him hooked to this whole Story thing in the first place. Paola Barbato is one of the writers of Real Life . Barbara Baraldi is one of the original contributors to the Real Life Disney magazine published worldwide and one of the writers of Real Life .