**EDGAR AWARD WINNER FOR BEST MYSTERYBANK STREET BEST BOOK OF THE YEARSILVER BIRCH AWARD WINNER“Complex and satisfying. Written from Daniel’s point of view, this perceptive first-person narrative is sometimes painful, sometimes amusing, and always rewarding.” —Booklist (starred review)From the author of Incredible Space Raiders from Space! comes a brand-new coming-of-age story about a boy whose life revolves around hiding his obsessive compul...

“A swift-paced survival tale that’s a cool blend of Lord of the Flies and Journey to the Center of the Earth.” —School Library Journal“A sharp meditation on the seemingly universal difficulties of being young, smart, and uncertain.” —BCCB“A multifaceted journey from darkness to light.” —Kirkus ReviewsWinner of the Red Maple Fiction AwardA class field trips t...

“Readers will appreciate [Sara] as good literary company even as they develop sympathy for her struggles.” —BCCB**“It’s the vivid, insightful depiction of Sara’s internal struggles that readers will remember.” —**Booklist“A must-buy.” —School Library Journal (starred review)In this prequel to the Edgar Award–winning OCDaniel, fan-favorite Sara quests for “normal” and finds s...

X-Men meets The Breakfast Club in this darkly humorous adventureThe Vindico are a group of supervillains who have been fighting the League of Heroes for as long as anyone can remember. Realizing they're not as young as they used to be, they devise a plan to kidnap a group of teenagers to take over for them when they retire--after all, how hard can it be to teach a bunch of angsty teens to be evil?Held captive in a remote mansion, five teens train with thei...

A young computer genius is chased by sleek, high-tech drones into a land populated by Godzilla-size dragons, setting off a war that only he can stop. Part Eragon, part Transformers, with a magical beating heart at its center.Marcus Brimley was just four years old when his CIA analyst father went missing and the world branded him a traitor. Eight years later, searching for clues to find his father and prove his innocence, Marcus breaks a complex co...

Lord of the Flies meets Star Trek in this outer space story of adventure, mystery, and fantastical fun from the author of The Vindico and The Feros.When Jonah wakes up on the Fantastic Flying Squirrel, he’s a bit confused. One second he is in his family’s living room doing his homework, and the next he’s sitting on a very cold floor on a very cold ship with a very strange-looking girl staring at him. Her name is Willona ...

**In the high-octane sequel to The Vindico, five extraordinary teens have been accepted to join the league of heroes . . . if they can survive until initiation day, that is.“King brilliantly combined teenage points of view and emotions with comic book excitement in this superbly composed tale.”—VOYA, starred review“[King’s] teens are vivid, funny, and relatable . . . you’ve got all the ingredients for a hit series.”—School Library Journal**

From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Wesley King comes a tender and grounded middle grade mystery about brothers, basketball, and a young boy on the autism spectrum.Eleven-year-old Green loves his devoted older brother, Cedar, a popular basketball star, but that doesn’t mean he wants to follow in his footsteps. He doesn’t really care about sports or making friends. Still, eventually Green caves to pressure to try out for the basketball ...

In book two of the series that's Eragon meets Transformers, Marcus and Dree prepare to set out on a quest to find the storied, magical Egg. But first they'll have to rally Dracone's rebels and dragons if they're going to have any chance of winning the war against Francis's army of drones.Having barely escaped the wrath of Prime Minister Francis Xidorne and his army of drones, Marcus Brimley finds himself back on Earth, this time with Dree and Geor...

Two starred reviews!A New York Public Library Best Kids Book of 2025A School Library Journal Best Middle Grade Book of 2025A boy with Mosaic Down syndrome navigates entering a mainstream classroom, making new friends, and standing up to bullies all while trying to catch a thief and save his home in this “suspenseful, emotional” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) middle grade mystery from

**Basketball meets monsters in this first book in a hilarious middle-grade series for ages 10 and up by #1 New York Times–bestselling author Wesley King!When eleven-year-old Baxter Brooks wakes up one morning with a sweet beard, he's pumped. How many fifth graders get to sport cheek mittens in math class? It's pretty much the greatest day of his life.What he first assumes is insta-puberty, escalates . . . rapidly. He grows fangs, people scream, he almost g...

**Basketball meets monsters in this first book in a hilarious middle-grade series for ages 10 and up by #1 New York Times–bestselling author Wesley King!When eleven-year-old Baxter Brooks wakes up one morning with a sweet beard, he's pumped. How many fifth graders get to sport cheek mittens in math class? It's pretty much the greatest day of his life.What he first assumes is insta-puberty, escalates . . . rapidly. He grows fangs, people scream, he almost g...