Leah vs. Art
$15.54
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
22 August 2025
Summary
Leah’s ambitious extracurricular plans cause trouble in this second book in the Team Awkward middle grade series that’s The Baby-Sitters Club meets Dork Diaries.
How organized, driven Leah was born into her family, she’ll never know. They’re as different as can be. For example, while she’s trying to finish unpacking boxes from their move and get to bed at a decent time, her parents are listening to indie rock records and eating ice cream sundaes. Sometimes it feels like she’s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781665950756 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1665950757 |
| Author: | Joy McCullough, Veeda Bybee |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Aladdin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 22 August 2025 |
| Weight: | 88g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 130mm x 194mm |
| Series: | Team Awkward |
| Audience Age: | 8-12 |
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Critics Review
“As in the other series entries—each of which focuses on another member of Team Awkward—the protagonist’s internal struggles to be true to herself while developing relationships with her peers are specific and well realized. The dance of family dynamics holds equal weight with life at school, highlighting an essential element of the middle school experience… . An involving, empathetic portrait of the frustrations and fun of growing up.” – Kirkus Reviews * July 23, 2026 *
Joy McCullough
Joy McCullough writes books and plays from her home in the Seattle area, where she lives with her husband and two children.
She is the author of the middle grade novels:
- Across the Pond
- A Field Guide to Getting Lost
- Not Starring Zadie Louise
- Code Red
- Kestrel Takes Flight
- Basil & Dahlia
She is also the author of the middle grade series Team Awkward and the picture books:
- Harriet’s Ruffled Feathers
- Champ and Major: First Dogs
- The Story of a Book
Her debut novel Blood Water Paint was longlisted for the National Book Award and was a William C. Morris Debut Award Finalist.
Veeda Bybee is a former journalist and holds an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts.
She is the author of:
- Lily and the Great Quake: A San Francisco Earthquake Survival Story
- Li on Angel Island
- Shining a Light: Celebrating 40 Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders Who Changed the World
Veeda is also the coauthor of the Team Awkward middle grade series and part of the Rural Voices and Calling the Moon anthologies.
She has a rescue golden retriever/cattle dog named Sophie (from Howl’s Moving Castle) and fluffy black cat, also from an animal shelter, named Zuko (from Avatar: The Last Airbender). Veeda lives with her family in Nevada where she reads, writes, and bakes.
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