Priser og utmerkelser
- Nestlé Smarties Book Prize 1997 Gold Medal 9-11 years
- FCBG Children’s Book Award 1997 Overall winner and Longer Novel Category
- Birmingham Cable Children’s Book Award 1997
- Young Telegraph Paperback of the Year 1998
- British Book Awards 1997 Children’s Book of the Year
- Sheffield Children’s Book Award 1998
- Whitaker’s Platinum Book Award 2001
