Butt Sandwich & Tree

From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Wesley King comes a tender and grounded middle grade mystery about brothers, basketball, and a young boy on the autism spectrum.

Eleven-year-old Green loves his devoted older brother, Cedar, a popular basketball star, but that doesn't mean he wants to follow in his footsteps. He doesn't really care about sports or making friends. Still, eventually Green caves to pressure to try out for the basketball team. He may be tall like Cedar, but he's nowhere near as skilled.

And when a confrontation with the coach spurs Green to flee the court, his flight coincides with a priceless necklace going missing--making him the number one suspect. To clear Green's name, the two brothers team up to find the necklace, and along the way, they learn to appreciate their differences...and the things that bring them together.

ISBN-13: 9781665902618

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books

Publication Date: 08-23-2022

Pages: 272

Product Dimensions: 8.48h x 5.86w x 1.00d

Age Range: 8 - 12 Years

Wesley King is the author of over a dozen novels for young readers. His debut, OCDaniel, is an Edgar Award winner, a Canada Silver Birch Award winner, a Bank Street Best Book of the Year, and received a starred review from Booklist. The companion novel, Sara and the Search for Normal, received a starred review from School Library Journal and was the recipient of the Violet Downey Book Award and the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award. King has also written The Incredible Space Raiders from Space!, A World Below, Butt Sandwich & Tree, and Kobe Bryant's New York Times bestselling Wizenard series. He lives in Newfoundland.