No. of pages 192
This book was recognised by the Whitbread Book Award.
There are 192 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by Faber & Faber .
Jeanne Willis is a favourite children's author, and she also writes for television.
This book has been nominated for the following awards:
Whitbread Book Award
This book was recognised by the Whitbread Book Award.
The Whitbread Award
This book was recognised by the The Whitbread Award, now called 'The Costa Book Awards'. These are a set of annual literary awards recognising English-language books by writers based in Britain and Ireland. They were inaugurated for 1971 publications and known as the Whitbread Book Awards until 2006 when Costa Coffee, then a subsidiary of Whitbread, took over sponsorship.