This book is part of a book series called Children Of the Red King .

This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.

There are 410 pages in this book. This book was published 2005 by Scholastic US .

Jenny Nimmo is the acclaimed author of the Charlie Bone series. She has won several significant awards for her children's books, including the Nestle Smarties Book Prize and the Tir na n-Og Welsh Arts Council award for The Snow Spider. She lives in Wales with her husband, David.