by Rex Ogle
From award-winning author Rex Ogle, a mixed-format middle grade novel about three boys who skip school, told in verse, prose, and comics. With a dad in jail and a lack of teachers interested in helping him learn, Manny doesn’t see the point in anything besides skateboarding and writing lyrics. Calvin has so many responsibilities to his father and little brothers that when his bike is stolen, he can’t make it to school on time. And while Liam is studious and wants to become a doctor, he is tormen
Genres: Young Adult/YA, Fiction, Coming of Age, Drama
Tropes: Campus Setting, Bullying
ISBN: 9781324124894
304 pages
Published: 2026-09-01
Publisher: Norton Young Readers