This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.

There are 231 pages in this book. This book was published 1999 by Turtleback 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. Eva Ibbotson was born in Vienna, in Austria, and now lives in England. She has a daughter and three sons.