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

There are 298 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by Perfection Learning .

Paul Fleischman is the award-winning author of many books for children and young adults. His book "Joyful Noise: Poetry for Two Voices" won the Newbery Medal. Paul lives in California, USA. Kevin Hawkes is the illustrator of a number of popular books for children, including "Weslandia" for which he was Commended for the Kate Greenaway Medal. He lives with his family in Maine, USA. Eva Ibbotson was born in Vienna, in Austria, and now lives in England. She has a daughter and three sons.