This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised by the Georgia Children's Book Award. It was recognised by the South Carolina Childrens Junior and Young Adult Book Award. It also was recognised by the Young Reader's Choice Award. It was recognised in the Grades 4-6 category by the Young Hoosier Book Award.

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 140 pages in this book. This book was published 1998 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc .

Award-winning author Robert Kimmel Smith has written several popular books for children, including Chocolate Fever, The War with Grandpa, Bobby Baseball, Jelly Bell, Mostly Michael, and The Squeaky Wheel. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.