This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised in the Graphic Novel category by the Will Eisner Comic Industry Award. It was recognised in the YA category by the Young Adult Canadian Book Award. It also was recognised in the Teen category by the Buckeye Children's Book Award. It was recognised in the Ages 10-14 Years category by the Capitol Choices Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens. Also it was recognised by the Caldecott Award. The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. It was recognised in the Graphic Novel category by the La Times Book Award. It was recognised in the YA category by the Indies Choice Book Award. It was recognised in the YA category by the Michael L Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature.

This book has been graded for interest at 12-17 years.

There are 317 pages in this book. This is a comic book. This book was published 2014 by First Second .

Mariko Tamaki is a Canadian writer. Her works include the graphic novels This One Summer and Skim, both with Jillian Tamaki, and Emiko Superstar , with Steve Rolston. Her first YA novel (You) Set Me on Fire was published by Penguin Canada. She lives in Oakland, California.