This book was recognised in the Junior / YA category by the South Carolina Childrens Junior and Young Adult Book Award.

This book is part of a book series called Mysteries in Our National Parks .

This book has been graded for interest at 10-13 years.

This book was published 2001 by National Geographic Society .

Gloria Skurzynski has written more than 30 children's books. Her nonfiction book, Almost the Real Thing, won the American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award. She has written several nonfiction books for National Geographic including Are We Alone, an NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book for Young People and an IRA/CBC Young Adults' Choice for 2006. She lives in Boise, ID. Visit Gloria Skurzynski at her Web site: www. gloriabooks. com.