Middle Grade Fiction – Action and Adventure – Friendship – Ages 8-12

Published: 1/7/2025

When San Francisco is under strange attackslike earthquakes affecting only two city blocks at a timewho’re you gonna call? An elite team of crime-fighting underdogs, that’s who! The Misfits are on the case in this hilarious illustrated series!

For any kid whos felt like a misfit, this crackling adventure packs a wallop! Lincoln Peirce, creator of Big Nate

Oof! After solving the case of the Royal Rumpus, Olive Cobin Zang and her elite team of underdogs are on top of the world. As the awkward, crime-fighting Misfits, theyre acingevery mission thrown at them from NOCK (aka No One Can Know, the covert agency they work for).

But when their classmate Zeke starts receiving threatening notes, the Misfits are stumped. Theyre no strangers to danger, but this case is a total head-scratcher. Who would target kind, friendly Zeke . . . unless hes not what he seems to be?

At the same time, unusual earthquakes start shaking up San Francisco just as priceless art goes missing, and the Misfits are called to investigate. Is it a coincidence that the city is under attack while Zeke is getting mysterious messages? Or is it all just a cover for a scheme bigger than any theyve faced before?

For other Misfit adventures fromNewbery Honoree Lisa Yee and Caldecott MedalistDan Santat, don’t miss The Misfits #1: A Royal Conundrum!

AUTHOR BIO:

Lisa Yeehas taken a private-investigator course, and it’s slightly possible that she’s a secret undercover operative. She’s also a Newbery Honoree and a National Book Award finalist forMaizy Chen’s Last Chance.Some of her other twenty-one novels are the groundbreakingMillicent Min, Girl Genius; Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time;and the DC Super Hero Girls series. A frequent contributor to NPR’s Books We Love, she divides her time between Western Massachusetts and Los Angeles.

Dan Santatis a #1New York Timesbestselling author and illustrator of over a hundred books. His graphic memoirA First Time for Everythingwon the National Book Award, and his picture bookThe Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friendreceived the Caldecott Medal. He also illustratedThe Blur, Lift,andDrawn Together,both written by Minh L, which received critical acclaim. Dan is also the creator of the Disney animated hitThe Replacements.He lives in Southern California with his family.

“Readers are treated to a whirl of revelations and golden discoveries, and throughout they’ll be swept along, both by the breathlessly paced developments and by the individually awkward but collectively unstoppable team leading the racially diverse cast….Nonstop action, delivered with a wink.” –Kirkus Reviews