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

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published 2000 by Penguin Random House .

Theodore Taylor III is an artist, designer, and photographer. He is the winner of the John Steptoe Award for New Talent for his work in When the Beat Was Born . He lives in Richmond, Virginia, with his wife and their very own woke baby.