This book is part of a book series called Young Hippo Big Books .

There are 320 pages in this book. This is a big book. This book was published 1998 by Scholastic .

Kersten Hamilton is the author of over twenty-five books. She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. BLUE BOAT is her fifth book for Viking. Visit her at kerstenhamilton. com. Valeria Petrone has worked as an illustrator for publishers in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, France, and her native Italy, where she now lives. Visit her at www. valeriapetrone. com.