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Keeper Chance and the Conundrum of Chaos: Volume 1
By (Author) Alex Evanovich
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
26th August 2025
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United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction
FIC
Paperback
352
Width 130mm, Height 194mm, Spine 16mm
For graduates of Percy Jackson comes the tongue-in-cheekpleasantly goofy (Publishers Weekly) adventure-filled story of an average boy offered a life of villainy thats about good vs. evil, mischief vs. mayhem, and making your mark on the world, by acclaimed author Alex Evanovich.
If youve ever lost a sock in the dryer, it might have been the work of the Evil Villains International League, E.V.I.L. And if your feet smell so bad, they keep you from making friends, good news! You might be invited to join.
After growing up in the care of his nagging grandmother and coasting through school with a mediocre GPA, Keeper Chance gets invited to try out for a spot in his local chapter of E.V.I.L. Keepers not sure his unremarkable life makes him villain material, but things get more remarkable, and fast, when Keeper and another new recruit, Toby, face the chapters first testand disasters begin to snowball.
As cookies and members of E.V.I.L. go missing, a mysterious girl named Y who doesnt miss anything joins Keeper and Tobys efforts. Despite the urgency of his mission, Keeper still cant shake the question of why he was chosen for the league when hes nothing special.
As Keeper races against the clock to save his new friends, nothing is easy, and nothing is ever as it seems. Can he uncover his true nature in time to ensure the survival of villainyor does his true destiny follow a different path
Alex Evanovich lives in North Carolina with her family. Her favorite Hobbit is Samwise Gamgee. The Sorting Hat says shes a Ravenclaw. Her favorite Darth Maul is the one fromStar Wars: The Clone Warswith giant robot legs. And shes never rolled a nat 20.