This book was recognised in the Elementary category by the Nutmeg Book Award.

This book has been graded for interest at 5-8 years.

There are 40 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by Farrar Straus Giroux .

Emily Arnold McCully received the Caldecott Medal for Mirette on the High Wire . The illustrator of more than 40 books for young readers, she divides her time between Chatham, New York, and New York City. Tracey Fern is the author of several other picture books, including Dare the Wind and Barnum ' s Bones, both Junior Library Guild selections. She lives in West Newton, Massachusetts.