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

There are 185 pages in this book. This book was published 2008 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc .

TOR SEIDLER's novels include MEAN MARGARET, a Finalist for the National Book Award; THE WAINSCOTT WEASEL, an ALA Notable Children's Book; and A RAT'S TALE, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year. BROCK COLE's novels include THE GOATS, CELINE, and THE FACTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES, a Finalist for the National Book Award. His picture books include BUTTONS, a Boston Globe / Horn Book Award Honor Book. Fred Marcellino's picture books include Puss in Boots, a Caldecott Honor Book; The Steadfast Tin Soldier, an ALA Booklist Children's Editors' Choice; and The Pelican Chorus, one of School Library Journal's Best Books of the Year. Marcellino died in 2001.