Author & Social Context

Thomas Rockwell grew up in a small town in Vermont. He was always surrounded by farms and artists. Thomas was always good with words and he knew he wanted to write ever since he was very young. He also wrote another 14 books. He recieved the Mark Twain Award, the California Young Reader Medal, and the Sequoyah Award. He found inspiration for his most popular book when he got angry with an editor for not liking his initial manuscript.