This book is part of a book series called Guys Read .

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

This book was published 2013 by Walden Pond Press .

Neal Shusterman is an award-winning author and screenwriter. He lives in Southern California with his four children. Jon Scieszka is best known for his bestselling picture books, including The True Story of the Three Little Pigs! and The Stinky Cheese Man . He is also the founder of guysread. com and a champion force behind guyslisten. com, and was the first National Ambassador of Young People's Literature. He lives in Brooklyn. Tom Angleberger is the author of the bestselling Origami Yoda series, as well as DJ McHale is the writer/creator of Nickelodeon's wildly successful children's horror show 'Are You Afraid of the Dark?'. He lives in Marina Del Rey, California. Rebecca Stead grew up in New York City. Rebecca was a lawyer and wrote books for adults. This is her second book for children. Greg Ruth has written and drawn stories for Dark Horse Comics, DC/Vertigo Comics, Fantagraphics, and the New York Times . He is also the illustrator of Our Enduring Spirit , a picture book edition of President Barack Obama's first inaugural address, and the creator of the graphic novel The Lost Boy . Greg lives and works in western Massachusetts. Visit his website at gregthings. com. Rick Riordan is the author of the hugely popular Percy Jackson series. Shaun Tan is an Australian artist, writer and film maker. He won an Academy Award for The Lost Thing, a 2011 animated film adaptation of a 2000 picture book he wrote and illustrated.