HOT OFF THE PRESS
Here it is, the newest of the new, just hitting the shelves, or coming very soon. You’ll find all the latest in my many series, as well as new projects and stand-alone novels right here!
But don’t just sit here, taking my word for it. SCROLL DOWN!
SLUGFEST
Yash is the best athlete at Robinette Middle School—so good, in fact, that’s he’s already playing on the high school’s JV sports teams. Imagine his shock when he learns that his JV practices have kept him from earning a state-mandated credit for eighth-grade P.E. To graduate, he has to take Physical Education Equivalency—P.E.E., commonly known as “Slugfest”—in summer school.
Yash meets his fellow “slugs”: Kaden, an academic superstar who’s physically hopeless; twins Sarah and Stewart, who are too busy trying to kill each other to do any real PE; Jesse, a notorious prankster; Arabella, who protests everything, including mandatory gym class; and Cleo, a natural athlete who has sworn off sports.
But when one of them tries to blow the lid off a scandal that could make all their time in summer school a waste, Yash is forced to take drastic action. Teaming up with the most hapless crew in school can really surprise a person. And their teacher might be hiding the biggest surprise yet. . . .
SLUGFEST’S first review is in … and it’s a star from Kirkus! READ IT HERE!
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MIXED UP IS FINALLY HERE!
What happens when you lose your mind … and someone else finds it?
Theo and Reef don’t know what’s happening to them. They’ll be doing something totally normal and they’ll suddenly have flashes of memory – but the memories belong to someone else. And at the same time, their own memories are starting to … vanish.
For Reef, this is a big problem, because memories are all he has left of his mom.
For Theo, it’s strange because the new memories give him freedom he doesn’t have with his bossy dad.
Theo and Reef are complete strangers, living in completely different parts of the city. But they share something very weird and mysterious … and it’s becoming more and more important that they find each other and stop the memory slide before they’ve forgotten their own lives entirely.
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THE SUPERTEACHER PROJECT
Oliver Zahn, spitball champion and self-declared rule-wrecker of Brightling Middle School, is not a fan of his new homeroom teacher, Mr. Aidact. The guy is totally stiff, never cracks a smile, and refers to his students as “pupils.” Worst of all, he seems to have eyes in the back of his head. He catches Oliver before he can pull any of his signature pranks! It’s time to show the new teacher who’s boss.
But as the weeks go by, he starts to realize that Mr. Aidact is not what he expected. The guy has an uncanny ability to remember song lyrics or trivia. When the girls’ field hockey team needs a new coach, he suddenly turns out to be an expert. He never complains when other teachers unload work on him—even when it’s lunchroom duty and overseeing detention. Against all odds, Mr. Aidact starts to become the most popular teacher at Brightling.
Still, Oliver knows that something is fishy. He’s determined to get to the bottom of the mystery: What’s the deal with Mr. Aidact?
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BOOK 100 THE FORT
It’s finally here. Nearly 45 years after my first book came out, I’m thrilled to be releasing my 100th – THE FORT!
The morning after Hurricane Leo rips through their town, four friends find a total mess outside, with downed branches and uprooted trees everywhere. They know they should stay indoors, but they want to go exploring, even if it means having a new kid, Ricky, tagging along.
Ricky’s the first to discover a strange trapdoor in the middle of the woods – the door to an old bomb shelter, unearthed by the hurricane. Inside, the boys find a completely intact underground lair, with electricity, food, and even a TV. The boys vow to keep the place a secret. It’s theirs now.
But some secrets are hard to keep … especially when adults and older kids are closing in. And what started as a fun hangout spot soon becomes a serious refuge for one of the boys. The Fort has become the safest place they have. But will they be able to protect it?
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OPERATION DO-OVER
I’m so thrilled to introduce OPERATION DO-OVER!
Mason and Ty were once the very best of friends . . . until seventh grade, when Ava came along. Now Mason can trace everything bad in his life to that terrible fight they had over the new girl. The one thing he’d give anything for is a do-over. But that can’t happen in real life—can it?
When he wakes up from a freak accident and finds himself magically transported back to seventh grade, he can’t believe it. His parents aren’t divorced yet and Rufus, his beloved sheepdog, is still alive. Best of all, he and Ty haven’t had their disastrous falling-out.
It makes no logical sense, but Mason is determined to use this second chance to save his friendship (and his dog!) There’s just one person he’ll be avoiding at all costs: Ava.
But despite his best efforts, will he be able to stop the chain of events that made his previous life implode?
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BREAKING NEWS: OPERATION DO-OVER is now 50% of as part of Barnes and Noble’s awesome BOOK HAUL. (Offer good until September 9th.)
LINKED IS A QUADRUPLE AWARD-WINNER!
Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it’s woken up very quickly when someone sneaks into the school and vandalizes it with a swastika. Who would do such a thing?
Because Michael was first to see it, he’s the first suspect. Because Link is the most popular guy in school, everyone’s expecting him to figure it out. And because Dana’s the only Jewish girl in town, people are treating her more like an outsider than ever.
Then more swastikas begin to appear. Some students fight back and start an epic project to bring people together instead of dividing them further. The closer Link, Michael, and Dana get to the truth, the more there is to face – not just the crimes of the present, but also the crimes of the past.
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IT'S TIME TO GETUNPLUGGED
Meet Jett Baranov, Silicon Valley’s number one spoiled brat. His father created Fuego, the most successful tech company in the world. So imagine his dismay when his dad’s private plane drops him off at a wellness camp in the middle of the Arkansas wilderness. Can the prince of technology survive an entire summer eating healthy, exercising, and living life totally UNPLUGGED – no phones, no TV, no screens of any kind?
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WAR STORIES
There are two things Trevor loves more than anything else: playing war-based video games and his great-grandfather, Jacob, who is a true-blue war hero. At the height of World War II, Jacob helped liberate a French village and was awarded the bronze star.
Now, decades later, Jacob wants to retrace the steps he took during the war – from training, to D-Day, to the village he is said to have saved. Trevor thinks this is the coolest idea ever. But as they get closer to the village, Trevor discovers there’s more to the story than what he’s heard his whole life, causing him to wonder about his great-grandfather’s heroism, the truth about the battle he fought, and the meaning of genuine valor.
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A NOTORIOUS-LY CANINE MYSTERY
What really happened to the Notorious D.O.G.?
Just about everyone on Centerlight Island is a suspect in the mysterious death of Barney, a huge part-mastiff, part-Rottweiler, notorious for terrorizing the community. It takes two unlikely friends to unravel the clues, uncovering a shocking conspiracy that dates back to the island’s past as a smuggling route for Prohibition-era gangsters.
There’s only one problem: Someone is after them now…
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LEVEL 13 - A SLACKER NOVEL
SLACKER fans – the wait is finally over. Cameron Boxer, everybody’s favorite video-game-addicted couch potato is back in LEVEL 13: A SLACKER NOVEL! This time, gaming alone isn’t enough. Cam is shooting for the big time as a world-famous game streamer. Only one thing stands in his way: Level 13 – a rare gaming mission so impossible to defeat that it’s been banned in 47 states!
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THE ALL-NEW AND IMPROVED POP
One of the books I’ve always
been most proud of is POP, my young adult novel about the oddball friendship between a high school football player and a retired NFL linebacker who suffers from CTE.
But a lot has changed since POP first came out in 2009. The diagnosis of CTE barely existed back then. And I’ve always wished I could re-release POP with the very latest information about Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.
That’s finally a reality, thanks to my editors at HarperCollins and Scholastic Canada. The issue of sports and brain injuries has never been more urgent.
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GAME ON!
Sports fans, this one’s for you! Two of my favorite sports books – THE TOILET PAPER TIGERS and THE CHICKEN DOESN’T SKATE – have been repackaged into this special double edition from Scholastic Canada.
A baseball team sponsored by a company that makes bathroom tissue? A hockey team that can’t win without a chicken named Henrietta, who doubles as a middle school science project? Read on!
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JULY 2, 2024 - FAKER
I know this cover has been bouncing around the internet for a while, but I’ve hung on to it till now because I love it so much – FAKER, coming July 2nd.
Trey knows how the trick works: His dad gets him into a school full of kids with rich parents. Trey makes friends, and his father makes connections. Soon, there’s the con, where Trey’s dad suckers the other parents into giving him money for one of his schemes. Once the money’s in the bank, Trey, his sister, and their dad go on the run … until they set up somewhere else and start again.
Trey believes his father when he says no one’s getting hurt. After all, these parents have money to spare.
Still, Trey’s getting tired of running … and lying … and never having a friend longer than a few months. But how do you get your family to stop lying when your lives depend on it?