#1 New York Times Bestseller**From the mind of basketball legend and Academy Award–winning storyteller Kobe Bryant comes this radically original portrait of five young basketball players, one enlightening coach, and the awesome transformative power of the game. Filled with insights about the mental stamina and emotional clarity that peak performance requires, this is an indispensable story for young athletes, coaches, educators, and anyone interested in th...

**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 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 thrilling middle grade mystery from New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Wesley King.Benny isn’t your average boy from Newfoundland. He lives in a retirement home that his mother runs, he has an eighty-six-year-old best friend named Mr. Tom, he knows more about f...

**Five ordinary teens are given the chance of a lifetime. An offer to have any super-power imaginable with only one condition . . . they must pledge allegiance to a league of notorious supervillains.“A healthy dose of clever one-liners, snappy dialogue, and plenty of chases and explosions.”—School Library Journal**Kidnapped from their everyday lives, five teens are given the chance to change their fate forever. Imagine being promised the super strength to take down...

“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...

“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...

**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**

A prodigal son’s search for his missing father reunites him with the love of his life—and draws him into the haunting mystery of unexplained murders in a remote Montana town, masterfully crafted by award-winning author Wesley King.It’s been seven long years since Everett Johnson set foot in the wilds of Killdeer, Montana. But his father, the sheriff, is missing, and Everett is determined to find him…or bury him.In the weeks before he vanished, Sheriff Dale ...

Lord of the Rings meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets The Duff in this funny, fast-paced tale of middle-school monsters, self-image, and, oh yeah, actual monsters that want to kill everyone.Laura Ledwick is... well... large. The kids at school don't let her forget it, and call her by various names: Laura Largebottom, Laura Lardo, Lots of Laura--you get the idea. When Laura's family moves to the next town over before eigh...

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 ...

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...

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...