A Royal Conundrum

By Lisa Yee, Dan Santat (Illustrator)

Book #1 in the The Misfits series

A misfit team must stop a daring heist to save their secret crime-fighting school.

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288 pages· 51,158 words· Est. 7 hour read

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Bookroo's summary

Olive Zang, a girl with a knack for attracting trouble, finds herself at a bizarre boarding school that's more than it seems. RASCH, a former castle turned prison, is actually a front for a group of young misfit crime-fighters. As Olive joins this unlikely team, they face their biggest challenge yet: preventing a notorious thief from pulling off the heist of the century. With the school's future at stake, Olive and her new friends must embrace their quirks to save the only place they've ever truly belonged. Can they outsmart the thief and secure their home?

From the publisher

When a notorious thief is out for priceless treasure (gems! cats! general decorum!)–who’re you gonna call? An elite team of crime-fighting underdogs, that’s who! The Misfits are on the case in this hilarious illustrated series from Newbery Honoree Lisa Yee and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat! “For any kid who’s felt like a misfit, this crackling adventure packs a wallop!” –Lincoln Peirce, creator of Big Nate and Max &amp; the Midknights 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.