This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.
There are 181 pages in this book. This book was published 2013 by Simon & Schuster .
Frances O Roark Dowell is the editor and co-founder of Dream/Girl, an arts magazine for girls and has been Poet in Residence at Duke University. She has had dozens of poems published in literary journals, and is the author of two previous children's novels, Dovey Coe and Where I'd Like to Be. She lives in North Carolina with her husband and two sons.
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This book has been nominated for the following awards:
Georgia Children's Book Award
This book was recognised by the Georgia Children's Book Award.
Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award
This book was recognised in the Grades 6-8 category by the Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award.
Iowa Teen Award
This book was recognised by the Iowa Teen Award.
William Allen White Childens Book Award
This book was recognised in the Grades 6-8 category by the William Allen White Childens Book Award.
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award
This book was recognised by the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award.
Edgar Allan Poe Award
This book was recognised by the The Edgars Award. The Edgars - or 'Edgar Allen Poe Award' - are presented annually by the members of the Mystery Writers of America to distinguished fiction and non-fiction works about crime, mystery and detection primarily by American authors.
