This book has been graded for interest at 12-18 years.

This book was published 2010 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr) .

Jenny Meyerhoff is author of the Barftastic Life of Louie Burger series, as well as the books Sami's Sleepaway Summer , Third Grade Baby , and Queen of Secrets . She is also the proud planter of her very own vegetable garden. Jenny grows string beans, broccoli, and spinach, but she has never picked a purple pepper. When she's not busy writing, she likes to hang out with her husband and three children playing Scrabble and watching movies.