Status
Available
Call number
Collection
Publication
Greenwillow Books (2017), 320 pages
Description
Lives of four misfits are intertwined when a bully's prank lands shy Virgil at the bottom of a well and Valencia, Kaori, and Gen band together in an epic quest to find and rescue him.
Awards
Texas Bluebonnet Award (Nominee — 2019)
Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Award (Nominee — 2022)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2020)
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee — Grades 3-5 — 2020)
Newbery Medal (Medal Winner — 2018)
NCSLMA Battle of the Books (Elementary — 2025)
Golden Archer Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2019)
Volunteer State Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2020)
Three Stars Book Award (Nominee — Middle Readers — 2019)
NPR: Books We Love (2017)
CCBC Choices (2018)
Nerdy Book Award (Middle Grade Fiction — 2017)
Los Angeles Public Library Best of the Year (Children's Books — 2017)
Notable Children's Book (2018)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Fiction for Older Readers — 2017)