This book is aimed at children in secondary school. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

This book was published 2003 by Scholastic US .

Kate McMullan is the author of many books for young readers, including I Stink! , winner of a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor; I'm Mighty ; and Meg's Prairie Diary , a historical fiction trilogy set in St. Louis and Kansas in 1856. Ms. McMullan lives in New York City and Sag Harbor, New York, with her husband and collaborator, noted illustrator Jim McMullan, their daughter, two cats, and a dog.