This book is part of a book series called Hippo .

There are 272 pages in this book. This book was published 1998 by Scholastic .

Malorie Blackman was the 8th UK Children's Laureate and is one of the UK's highest profile authors for teenagers and young adults. She has won the Children's Book Award and a raft of other prizes and is the force behind the annual YALC event.