This book has been graded for interest at 8+ years.

There are 182 pages in this book. This book was published 1997 by Greenwillow Books .

Laura Cornell is an illustrator, mom, handyman, gardener, swimmer, and bicyclist. She divides her time between New York City and Southern California. The Newbery Award-winning author of The Whipping Boy, Sid Fleischman is an author of more than sixty children's books, as well as screenplays, novels for adults, and books on magic. He lives in California.