King of the Screwups

The Garden of Eve

While I Was Away

Merci Suárez Can't Dance

Right as Rain

The Revolution of Birdie Randolph

Joy and Leo's Bright Brain: Joy and Leo Learn to Embrace their Learning Disability

The Year of the Fortune Cookie: Anna Wang

I am not so bad a person once you get to know me.

When Iggy Corso gets kicked out of high school, there's no one for him to tell. His mother has gone off, his father is stoned on the couch, and the phone's been disconnected, so even the social worker can't get through. Leaving his public housing behind, Iggy ventures into the world to make something of his life. It's not easy when you're sixteen, have no skills, and your only friend is mixed up with the dealer who got your mom hooked. But Iggy is . . . Iggy, and he has the kind of wisdom that lets him see what no one else can.

K. L. Going's third novel is a haunting achievement about a young man's tragic search for meaning in a world that to him makes no sense.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

King of the Screwups

K.L. Going, 2009

The Garden of Eve

K.L. Going, 2007

While I Was Away

Waka T. Brown, 2021

Merci Suárez Can't Dance

Meg Medina, 2021

Right as Rain

Lindsey Stoddard, 2019

The Revolution of Birdie Randolph

Brandy Colbert, 2019

Joy and Leo's Bright Brain: Joy and Leo Learn to Embrace their Learning Disability

Jordan A. Greene, Carlton W. Greene Jr., Jordan A. Greene and Carlton W. Greene Jr., 2023

The Year of the Fortune Cookie: Anna Wang

Patrice Barton, Andrea Cheng, 2014