The Worst Night Ever

Written by Dave Barry · Illustrated by Jon Cannell

Part of the The Worst series

A missing ferret leads to a high school party with a deadly secret.

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256 pages· 45,797 words· Est. 5 hour read· 650L

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Wyatt Palmer, once a middle school hero, now faces high school obscurity. When his friend Matt's ferret, Frank, falls into the hands of the popular yet sinister Bevin brothers, Wyatt and Matt must infiltrate a party at their mansion. As they attempt to retrieve Frank, they uncover a dark secret that makes high school popularity the least of their worries. Can Wyatt navigate this treacherous social landscape and emerge unscathed, or will he find that some dangers are far worse than being unpopular?

From the publisher

Last year, Wyatt Palmer was the hero of middle school, having foiled a plot against the president of the United States. But now he and his friends are in Coral Cove High School – home of the Fighting Conchs – and Wyatt is no longer a hero: He’s just another undersized freshman, hoping to fit in, or at least not be unpopular. Things start to go wrong when Matt Diaz, who is Wyatt’s best friend but also unfortunately an idiot, decides to bring his pet ferret, Frank, to school. Through an unfortunate series of events Frank ends up in the hands of the Bevin brothers, who are the most popular boys at Coral Cove High, but are also, as Matt soon discovers, the nastiest. When Wyatt and Matt try to get Frank back, they concoct a plan to attend a party for the cool clique at the Bevin’s waterfront mansion and stumble onto the Bevin family’s dark and deadly secret. That’s when Wyatt learns that some things are worse than being unpopular in high school. MUCH worse.

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