Waiting on Wednesday: The Misfits #1: a Royal Conundrum by Lisa Yee

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The Misfits #1: a Royal Conundrum by Lisa Yee. 288 p. Random House Children's Books, January 2, 2014. 9781984830296

Happy Wednesday! Did you manage to get outside between thunderstorms yesterday? Boo and I got our steps/ miles in without getting drenched. It's so humid and buggy! Waiting on Wednesday features The Misfits #1: a Royal Conumdrum by Lisa Yee and illustrated by Dan Santat. This looks to be the beginning of a graphic novel series and is due out January 2, 2024. Here's the publisher synopsis:

Olive Cobin Zang has . . . issues. And they mostly aren’t her fault. (No, really!) Though she often slips under the radar, problems have a knack for finding her. So, imagine her doubts when she’s suddenly dropped off at the strangest boarding school ever: a former castle turned prison that's now a “reforming arts school”!

But nothing could’ve prepared Olive for RASCH (not “rash”). There, she’s lumped with a team of other kids who never quite fit in, and discovers that the academy isn’t what it seems—and neither is she. In fact, RASCH is a cover for an elite group of misfits who fight crime . . . and Olive has arrived just in time.

Turns out that RASCH is in danger of closing, unless Olive’s class can stop the heist of the century. And as Olive falls in love with this wacky school, she realizes it’s up to her new team to save the only home that’s ever welcomed them.

Happy reading!