This book was recognised in the Short Novels category by the Children's Book Award.

This book is part of a book series called Mammoth Reads .

There are 87 pages in this book. It is a novel. This book was published 2000 by Egmont UK Ltd .

Jostein Gaarder wrote one of the great bestsellers of the nineties in SOPHIE'S WORLD, which has sold over 16 million copies in nearly 50 languages. He is Norwegian and lives in Oslo with his wife and two teenage sons. Philip Hopman is Dutch and has illustrated many books for children. Born in London, Patrick Skene Catling was educated there and at Oberlin College in the United States. As a Royal Canadian Air Force navigator and as a journalist, he has traveled extensively. His present home is in the Republic of Ireland.