The Force Oversleeps (Star Wars: Jedi Academy #5)

Lunch Lady and the Summer Camp Shakedown: Lunch Lady #4

Secrets and Sidekicks: Katie the Catsitter

F.A.R.T. Attack!: Kids Strike Back (2) (The F.A.R.T. Diaries)

Mutant Bunny Island #3: Buns of Steel

Jessame to the Rescue

Last Ride at Luna Park

Twist and Shout (Two of a Kind #36)

Hey, Kiddo

The extraordinary--and extraordinarily powerful--follow-up to HEY, KIDDO.


When Jarrett J. Krosoczka was in high school, he was part of a program that sent students to be counselors at a camp for seriously ill kids and their families. Going into, Jarrett was worried: Wouldn't it be depressing, to be around kids facing such a serious struggle? Wouldn't it be grim?

But instead of the shadow of death, Jarrett found something else at Camp Sunshine: the hope and determination that gets people through the most troubled of times. Not only was he subject to some of the usual rituals that come with being a camp counselor (wilderness challenges, spooky campfire stories, an extremely stinky mascot costume), but he also got a chance to meet some extraordinary kids facing extraordinary circumstances. He learned about the captivity of illness, for sure . . . but he also learned about the freedom a safe space can bring.

Now, in his follow-up to the National Book Award finalist Hey, Kiddo, Jarrett brings readers back to Camp Sunshine so we can meet the campers and fellow counselors who changed the course of his life.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

The Force Oversleeps (Star Wars: Jedi Academy #5)

Jarrett J. Krosoczka, 2017

Lunch Lady and the Summer Camp Shakedown: Lunch Lady #4

Jarrett J. Krosoczka, 2010

Secrets and Sidekicks: Katie the Catsitter

Colleen A.F. Venable, Stephanie Yue, 2023

F.A.R.T. Attack!: Kids Strike Back (2) (The F.A.R.T. Diaries)

Peter Bakalian, 2023

Mutant Bunny Island #3: Buns of Steel

Obert Skye, Eduardo Vieira, 2019

Jessame to the Rescue

Julia Jarman, 2008

Last Ride at Luna Park

Tom Angleberger, Geronimo Stilton, 2022

Twist and Shout (Two of a Kind #36)

Judy Katschke, Mary-Kate Olsen, 2004