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Leah vs. Art
By (Author) Joy McCullough
By (author) Veeda Bybee
2
Simon & Schuster
Aladdin
17th September 2025
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Girls and women
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members
Paperback
176
Width 130mm, Height 194mm, Spine 16mm
Leahs ambitious extracurricular plans cause trouble in this second book in the Team Awkward middle grade series thats The Baby-Sitters Club meets Dork Diaries.
How organized, driven Leah was born into her family, shell never know. Theyre as different as can be. For example, while shes trying to finish unpacking boxes from their move and get to bed at a decent time, her parents are listening to indie rock records and eating ice cream sundaes. Sometimes it feels like shes the only responsible one in the house!
So when her parents sign her up for art clubto loosen her up and get her creative juices flowingLeah decides to ditch in favor of Quiz Bowl, which meets at the same time. But as she secretly attends Quiz Bowl and lies to her parents, her competitive spirit begins to take over, threatening her scheme and her friendships.
Joy McCulloughwrites books and plays from her home in the Seattle area, where she lives with her husband and two children.She is the author of the middle grade novelsAcross the Pond,A Field Guide to Getting Lost,Not Starring Zadie Louise,Code Red, andBasil & Dahlia, as well as the middle grade series Team Awkward,and the picture booksHarriets Ruffled Feathers,Champ and Major: First Dogs, andThe Story of a Book. Her debut novelBlood Water Paintwas longlisted for the National Book Award and was a William C. Morris Debut Award Finalist. Visit her at JoyMcCullough.com.
Veeda Bybee is a former journalist and holds an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is the author ofLily and the Great Quake: A San Francisco Earthquake Survival Story,Li on Angel Island, andShining a Light: Celebrating 40 Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders Who Changed the World. Veeda is also the coauthor of the Team Awkward middle grade series and part of theRural VoicesandCalling the Moonanthologies. She has a rescue golden retriever/cattle dog named Sophie (fromHowls Moving Castle) and fluffy black cat, also from an animal shelter, named Zuko (fromAvatar: The Last Airbender). Veeda lives with her family in Nevada where she reads, writes, and bakes.