Best of All Worlds
By (Author) Kenneth Oppel
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
3rd June 2025
Australia
Young Adult
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Science fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Dating, relationships, romance a
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism and anti-racism
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Multicultural
Paperback
256
Width 128mm, Height 198mm
From award-winning YA writer Kenneth Oppel comes a survival thriller like no other. Perfect for fans of Michael Grants Gone and Lois Lowrys The Giver, Best of All Worlds will grab you from the first page.
NO WARNING.
NO EXPLANATION.
NO ESCAPE.
On a weekend away with his dad and his heavily pregnant stepmother, Xavier Oak wakes up to discover his familys cottage has seemingly been moved overnight.
Everythinginsidethe house is the same, but everythingoutsideis strange and new. And theres not a person in sight.
Cut off from the world they knew and with no answers to be found, Xavier has nearly given up on ever getting back home when, out of nowhere, a second family arrive bringing with them new politics, new theories and a dangerous new threat.
Are they trapped Or are they saved And, most importantly, does Xavier have what it takes to keep his family alive
Praise for Best of All Worlds:
A masterpiece. I promise as soon as you finish, youll want to talk to someone about it. NYT-bestselling author David Levithan
Kenneth Oppel wrote his first novel at age fourteen and is now a multi-award-winning bestselling author. His books include the Silverwing trilogy, which has sold over a million copies around the world, and Airborn, winner of the Governor General's Literary Award and a Michael L. Printz Honor Book. His most recent novel is Ghostlight, which was shortlisted for several awards, including the Aurora and the IODE Violet Downey Book Award. Oppel lives with his family in Toronto.