This book has been graded for interest at 8-14 years.

There are 768 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Dutton Books .

Rose Impey also writes fiction for children of all ages, including the best-selling Animal Crackers and the recent Twice Upon a Time series. Sue Porter has illustrated several books for Orchard. They both live in Leicestershire where they test all their ideas on the children in local schools. Paul Fleischman is the award-winning author of many books for children and young adults. His book "Joyful Noise: Poetry for Two Voices" won the Newbery Medal. Paul lives in California, USA. Kevin Hawkes is the illustrator of a number of popular books for children, including "Weslandia" for which he was Commended for the Kate Greenaway Medal. He lives with his family in Maine, USA. Eva Ibbotson was born in Vienna, in Austria, and now lives in England. She has a daughter and three sons.