This book has been graded for interest at 12 years.

This book was published 2007 by Random House Books for Young Readers .

Josepha Sherman was an American author, folklorist, and anthologist. In 1990 she won the Compton Crook Award for the novel The Shining Falcon . She died in 2012, and is remembered for her large and diverse output of both high-quality fiction and nonfiction.