This book has been graded for interest at 4-8 years.

There are 36 pages in this book. This book was published 2007 by Simon & Schuster .

Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard's grandfather was Cornelius "C. C. " Fitzgerald. His brother Will told stories about their childhood to his daughter Jessie, who passed them along to the author. Inspired by these stories, Elizabeth visited Jonesborough, Tennessee, a town seven miles from where her grandfather grew up. There she learned about a school started by Quakers called the Warner Institute and wrote this story.