This book was recognised by the Cooperative Children's Book Centre Choice Award.

This book is part of a book series called Orca Soundings .

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Orca Book Publishers, Canada .

Lesley Choyce is the author of over ninety books. His previous verse novel, Jeremy Stone , was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award. He has won the Dartmouth Book Award, the Atlantic Poetry Prize, and the Ann Connor Brimer Award.