New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A darkly humorous tale of crime, punishment and redemption, winner of the Newbery Award and the National Book Award, among many other awards, and the basis of the 2003 Disney movie of the same name, featuring Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight and Shia La Beouf. SIGNED and dated on the title page. A great book, which can be read on many levels, and which has already become a classic. In 2012 it was ranked number six among all-time children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal and it was included in Time's 100 best young adult novels since the 1800s. 233 pp. ISBN: 0-374-332657.