Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute

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

Secrets and Sidekicks: Katie the Catsitter

Mia Mayhem and the Super Family Field Day

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

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

Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute

Jarrett J. Krosoczka, 2009

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

Jarrett J. Krosoczka, 2017

Secrets and Sidekicks: Katie the Catsitter

Colleen A.F. Venable, Stephanie Yue, 2023

Mia Mayhem and the Super Family Field Day

Kara West, Leeza Hernandez, 2020

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