This book was recognised by the Iowa Children's Choice Award.

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 86 pages in this book. This book was published 2000 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc .

Betsy Byars is the author of many award-winning books for children, including The Summer of the Swans, a Newbery Medal winner. The Pinballs was an ALA Notable Book. She is also the author of Goodbye, Chicken Little; The Two-Thousand-Pound Goldfish; and the popular Golly Sisters trilogy.