This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised by the Iowa Teen Award. It was recognised in the Grades 6-8 category by the Sunshine State Young Reader's Award. It also was recognised in the Grades 4-6 category by the Young Hoosier Book Award.

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 199 pages in this book. This book was published 2000 by Putnam Publishing Group, U. S. .

Vicki Groveis a freelance writer with about 300 articles and short stories published in such magazines as VIRTUE, READER S DIGEST, TWILIGHT ZONE, TEEN MAGAZINE, and AMERICAN GIRL. She has written ten middle grade and young adult novels for Penguin Putnam, many of which have been on numerous state recommended reading lists. Two of her books, "Reaching Dustin"and"Starplace," were included as"School Library Journal s"Best Books of the Year. One of her books, "Destiny," was chosen by the Society of Midland Writers as the year s best novel for young people by a Midwestern Writer. In 1998 she was inducted into the Missouri Writers Hall of Fame. "