Johanna Hurwitz is the award-winning author of more than sixty
popular books for young readers, including Faraway Summer; Dear
Emma; Elisa Michaels, Bigger & Better; Class Clown; Fourth-Grade
Fuss; and Rip-Roaring Russell, an American Library Association
Notable Book. Her work has won many child-chosen state awards. A
former school librarian, she frequently visits schools around the
country to talk about her books. Mrs. Hurwitz and her husband
divide their time between Great Neck, New York, and Wilmington,
Vermont.
Sheila Hamanaka is an award-winning fine artist whose work has also
appeared in Scholastic magazines as well as in Permanent
Connections by Sue Ellen Bridgers and Barbara Campbell's Taking
Care of Yoki. Ms. Hamanaka lives in Tappan, New York.
"Hurwitz keeps the plot moving so that even reluctant readers will be caught early and held."--"School Library Journal"A fine choice for children just begining chapter books."--"SLJ(Starred Review)
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