Sawyer Lee and the Quest to Just Stay Home
$29.16
- Hardcover
208 pages
- Release Date
29 September 2026
Summary
Eleven-year-old Sawyer Lee descends from an endless lineage of absolute go-getters: astronauts, scientists, champion athletes, spies, and other assorted people of action. To this heritage, he says “thanks, but no.” His life’s goal, if we must use that word, is to spend his days on his best friend Gary’s couch, with roughly the ambition of a barnacle with the flu.
The problem is that Sawyer lives in the town of Ovelaville, where everybody (including his aunt Celia and other best friend…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780374393496 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0374393494 |
| Author: | Zach Weinersmith |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc |
| Imprint: | Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 29 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 135mm x 208mm |
| Audience Age: | 8 |
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Critics Review
Praise for Sawyer Lee and the Quest to Just Stay Home:
An Instant New York Times Bestseller!
“A cartoon-illustrated novel for readers who like their comics on the ridiculous side.”–The New York Times, “11 Books for Children Who Love the Wimpy Kid Series”
“Sawyer Lee is all of us: he just wants to be left alone and eat chocolates. And if you’re thinking ‘Hey wait, that’s not me!’ then I would suggest you simply haven’t spent enough quality time alone eating chocolates. This book is funny, and charming, and utterly loveable.” –Ryan North, New York Times-bestselling and Eisner Award-winning author of Danger and Other Unknown Risks
“Filled with copious jokes and a bizarre internal logic that works on its own hilarious level … Clever and funny, with a protagonist who resembles a young Bartleby, the Scrivener; hand to those seeking laffs.” –Kirkus Reviews
“With interspersed comics panels to amplify the ridiculous comedy, Weinersmith brings arch humor to this offbeat story … will entertain kids who appreciate cartoonish antics.” –Booklist
Zach Weinersmith
Zach Weinersmith is the Hugo Award-winning, Eisner Award-nominated author of the graphic novel Bea Wolf as well as the creator of the webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. He co-authored the New York Times bestselling pop-sci books Soonish and A City on Mars, and illustrated the New York Times-bestselling graphic novel Open Borders. He once took third place in the 1989 junior seed-spitting competition of the Luling Watermelon Thump. Today, he lives somewhere in Virginia with his wife, two kids, five goats, two sheep, three dogs, and approximately two cats.
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