This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised in the Intermediate category by the Grand Canyon Reader Award. It was recognised by the Georgia Children's Book Award. It also was recognised in the Intermediate category by the Keystone to Reading Book Award. It was recognised by the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award. Also it was recognised in the Intermediate category by the California Young Reader Medal. It was recognised in the Grades 3-5 category by the Sunshine State Young Reader's Award. It was recognised in the Grades 3-5 category by the William Allen White Childens Book Award. It was recognised in the Elementary category by the Virginia Readers Choice Award. It was recognised in the Grades 3-6 category by the Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award. It was recognised in the Ages 7-10 Years category by the Capitol Choices Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens.

There are 176 pages in this book. This book was published 2006 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.