This book is part of a book series called Explorers Of the New Worlds .

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

There are 63 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Turtleback Books .

Hal Marcovitz is a journalist who lives in Pennsylvania. He is the author of the novel Painting the White House as well as more than 60 nonfiction books for young readers. His other titles in Chelsea House's Who Wrote That? series include biographies of Will Hobbs, R. L. Stine, and Bruce Coville.