This book was recognised in the Nonfiction category by the Indiefab Award. It was recognised in the Nonfiction - YA category by the Moonbeam Children's Book Award.

This book is part of a book series called Exceptional Science Titles For Intermediate Grades .

This book has been graded for interest at 9-14 years.

There are 104 pages in this book. This book was published 2010 by Carolrhoda Books (R) .

Sally M. Walker is the author of the ALA Notable Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917 . She is also the author of Written in Bone , Fossil Fish Found Alive , and Secrets of a Civil War Submarine , which was awarded a Sibert Medal. She lives in Illinois.