This book was recognised in the Fiction - Transitional category by the Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award.

This book is part of a book series called Adam Sharp .

This book has been graded for interest at 7-9 years.

There are 48 pages in this book. This is a chapter book. Publishers market early chapter books at readers aged 6-10 years. This book was published 2003 by Turtleback Books .

Bruce Hale has written and/or illustrated over thirty-five books for kids, and is the author of Clark the Shark; Clark the Shark Dares to Share; the award-winning Chet Gecko Mysteries series; Snoring Beauty, one of Oprah's Recommended Reads for Kids; and the School for S. P. I. E. S. series. In his free time, Bruce enjoys hiking, watching movies, and making music. He lives in Santa Barbara, California, with his wife, dog, and many hats. You can catch him online at www. brucehale. com. Guy Francis spends most of his time drawing, painting, and drawing some more. He has done a variety of illustration work in the children's market, including editorial and educational illustration, chapter books, and picture books. He freelances from his home in Provo, Utah, where his wife and four children are his own personal art critics and bring a healthy bit of chaos to the studio. Every now and then he gets out of the house and heads to the mountains with his family. You can visit him online at www. guyfrancis. com. Readers will smile as Clark learns the true meaning of Christmas. George Stanley was a Professor of African and Middle-Eastern Languages and Linguistics at Cameron University. In between prepping class lectures and grading papers, he found the time to write for children. He was also the author of Night Fires and the Third-Grade Detectives series.