Dave Eggers (Author) Dave Eggers is the author of many books, including The Every, The Circle, The Monk of Mokha and the National Book Award finalist A Hologram for the King, as well as numerous books for young readers, including Her Right Foot, Faraway Things and The Lifters. He is the founder of the independent publishing company McSweeney’s and the co-founder of 826 Valencia, a youth writing centre. He is the winner of the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award for Education and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Shawn Harris (Illustrator) Shawn Harris’s first illustrated book Her Right Foot by Dave Eggers received seven starred reviews, was an Orbis Pictus Award Honor Book, an ALA Notable, and a PW Best Book of the Year. His other picture books include Eggers'What Can a Citizen Do (a Time Magazine Best Children’s Book), Everyone’s Awake by Colin Meloy, and A Polar Bear in the Snow by Mac Barnett, which received four starred reviews.
"""This book is a magic trick. The kind of magic trick where you want to know how to do it so you can also write a book this good"" -- Jon Klassen ""We need brave, big stories like these"" * New York Times Book Review * ""One of the most appealing heroes in recent children’s literature . . . unusually touching and funny"" * Wall Street Journal * ""An incredible reading experience"" * The TODAY Show * ""A work of dazzling ingenuity"" * San Francisco Chronicle *"