Beast Ballerz

Written by Wesley King · Illustrated by Steve Wolfhard

Book #1 in the Beast Ballerz series

A fifth grader wakes up with a beard, and that is only the start of his transformation.

320 pages· ~620L· AR ~4

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Bookroo's summary

Eleven-year-old Baxter Brooks is thrilled to wake up with a beard, until the fangs arrive and he scares his whole school during a play. Sent to an academy for misfit monsters, Bax must learn to accept his werewolf side, lead his struggling beast ball team and solve the mystery of a troublesome phantom.

From the publisher

Basketball meets monsters in this first book in a hilarious middle-grade series for ages 10 and up by #1 New York Times-bestselling author Wesley King! When eleven-year-old Baxter Brooks wakes up one morning with a sweet beard, he's pumped. How many fifth graders get to sport cheek mittens in math class? It's pretty much the greatest day of his life. What he first assumes is insta-puberty, escalates . . . rapidly. He grows fangs, people scream, he almost gives a cat a heart attack . . . it's a total mess. When Bax gives his whole school a were-scare during a play, he's shuttled off to an academy for misfit monsters . . . and into the zany world of beast ball. But if Bax wants to lead the long-suffering Pugs to triumph and solve the mystery of the Extremely Inconvenient Phantom, he'll have to learn to embrace his hairy werewolf alter ego. Yes . . . even the ankle scarves. Welcome to Prodigium Academy, where Diary of a Wimpy Kid meets Hotel Transylvania in this middle-grade series featuring ludicrous artwork, loads of humor and a monster-sized heart.

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