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This article needs to be cleaned up and wikified. Here are a couple of links to help:

• The book has been reviewed by Kirkus Reviews, text is found here.
• According to this website, it has won the following awards:

1. Quick Picks for Reluctant YA Readers 1999
2. Sequoia Young Adult Master List 2001
3. Sunshine State Young Reader's Award Reading List 2001
4. Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award Nominee 2002
5. Connecticut Nutmeg Children's Award Nominee 2002

LK ( talk) 08:40, 7 January 2009 (UTC) reply

Another review that if someone had access to the source could be added to the article:

• Rochman, Hazel. "Books for youth: Books for middle readers." Booklist 94.18 (15 May 1998): 1626 -- Captain-tucker ( talk) 19:52, 9 January 2009 (UTC) reply