This is number 1 in Maggie Series .

There are 176 pages in this book. This book was published 1994 by Pan Macmillan .

Joan Lingard was born in Edinburgh but grew up in Belfast. She has had a long and varied career in children's books, and was awarded the M. B. E, in 1998 for services to children's literature. She writes with equal success for teenagers, adults and the very young.