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Basketball meets monsters in this first book in a hilarious new middle-grade series 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 gives a cat a heart attack . . . it’s a total mess. When Bax gives his whole school a were-scare during a play, he’s shuttled off to an academy for misfit monsters . . . and into the zany world of beast ball. But if Bax wants to lead the long-suffering Pugs to triumph and solve the mystery of the Extremely Inconvenient Phantom, he’ll have to learn to embrace his hairy werewolf alter ego. Yes . . . even the ankle scarves.
Welcome to Prodigium Academy, where Diary of a Wimpy Kid meets Hotel Transylvania in this middle-grade series featuring ludicrous artwork, loads of humor and a monster-sized heart.
Benny on the Case - Out Now!
Readers everywhere are diving into Benny on the Case…which is a JLG Gold Selection, a Silver Birch Nominee, has multiple starred reviews, and an accompanying audiobook!
See what all the fuss is about, b’ys. Click on the cover to learn more and order online today.
An immersive, empathetic, and endearing mystery, me duckies. Booklist STARRED REVIEW
Utilizing a POV seldom seen in children’s fiction, King crafts a uniquely savvy mystery crackling with the chill and charm of rural Newfoundland. Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW
A heartfelt character-driven mystery featuring a neurodivergent male protagonist that explores friendship, belonging, and family, this is a story perfect for fans of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder, Gayle Forman’s Not Nothing, and Gordon Korman’s Restart. School Library Journal
Announcement - WOLF SEASON
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Author of the NYT-bestselling children's book THE WIZENARD SERIES Wesley King's WOLF SEASON, a detective novel with shades of supernatural horror set against the remote beauty of rural Montana, in which the son of a local sheriff returns home to investigate his father's disappearance and gets pulled into a deeper mystery involving a group of powerful and reclusive women, one of whom happens to be the only woman he's ever loved, to Sarah Grill at Emily Bestler Books, in a two-book deal, by Joelle Hobeika and Kat Jagai at Alloy Entertainment, on behalf of Brianne Johnson at HG Literary (world).