The Epic Bedhead Saga

Four mornings in a row, Zorah Shepard has woken up with glitter in her hair and a nut hidden somewhere in the tangles. Cashews. Peanuts. Pecans. And now, on the actual first day of seventh grade — of course — something called a Baru Nut.

She has no idea what's happening to her. She just knows it picked the worst possible morning to get weird.

This is the beginning of the story of the Girl With the Wild Hair, and the chaos...

At school, Timmy Jorgensen is easy to overlook. He is not popular. He is not outgoing. He exists on the fringe, a boy who sees and interacts with the world a little differently than everyone else expects him to — and not everyone is kind about it.

But in the realm of dreams? That is where Timmy feels most at home. Most alive and full of purpose. And there is something stirring there that is going to need exactly the kind o...

Constance Lawson keeps a detailed Morning Checklist, with backups... And, this being the first day of seventh grade, an entirely separate contingency plan should anything — God forbid — go wrong.

What she hasn't planned for is the one thing in her life that refuses to be organized.

This is the story of the Girl With a Plan, where not every problem can be solved with a check mark.

The Epic Bedhead Saga is a seri...

Garren Anderson knows exactly what's expected of him: practice hard, warm up early, lead his team, throw strikes. His teammates are counting on their star pitcher. So is his coach. So is his dad.

Nobody's considering the weight of what he's carrying underneath the uniform, on the inside.

This is the story of the Star Pitcher, the perfect team player, who may need to learn to rely on a team of his own...

The Epic Bedhead Saga is a ...

From the moment her new Language Arts teacher Mrs. McDermott announced a semester long group project on the first day of seventh grade, Zorah had it all planned out: an easy, drama-free group project about the many benefits of eating cake. Simple. Fun. Zero complications.

Then Mrs. McDermott decides to have the entire class draw numbers out of a Dr. Seuss hat to assign groups, and Zorah discovers that she's landed in the exact group...

Zorah Shepard had absolutely no idea what to expect when she was grouped up with Timmy Jorgensen, Constance Lawson, and Garren Anderson for a semester long group project. All she did know was that there wasn't much of a possibility that anyone except for Constance would have much of a say in it.

Little did they all know that fate and destiny already had the perfect topic ready for them: Dreams.

Now four of the most unlikely teamm...