Ryan vs. Romance
Will be published approx. on 1. December 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-6659-8928-2 (ISBN)
Description
As the school dance approaches, Ryan is caught between plans with her friends and a secret admirer in this fourth book in the Team Awkward middle grade series that’s The Baby-Sitters Club meets Dork Diaries.
The middle school’s winter dance is coming up, and now that Ryan is in public school for the first time after being homeschooled, she’s both excited and nervous to attend. Her parents have a rule that she’s not allowed to go on a date until she’s older, but that’s not a problem—Ryan and Team Awkward are planning on going to the dance together.
But when an unknown writer leaves a note for Ryan saying they have a crush on her and asking to meet at the dance, it throws a wrench in her plans. Team Awkward is on the case to figure out the identity of the secret crush! But what then? Hidden identities and family rules take the awkwardness of first crushes to a whole new level in this fourth book of the Team Awkward series.
The middle school’s winter dance is coming up, and now that Ryan is in public school for the first time after being homeschooled, she’s both excited and nervous to attend. Her parents have a rule that she’s not allowed to go on a date until she’s older, but that’s not a problem—Ryan and Team Awkward are planning on going to the dance together.
But when an unknown writer leaves a note for Ryan saying they have a crush on her and asking to meet at the dance, it throws a wrench in her plans. Team Awkward is on the case to figure out the identity of the secret crush! But what then? Hidden identities and family rules take the awkwardness of first crushes to a whole new level in this fourth book of the Team Awkward series.
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Series
Language
English
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Preschool to Second Grade, Interest Age: From 8 to 12 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 194 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-6659-8928-2 (9781665989282)
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Joy McCullough writes 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 novels Across the Pond, A Field Guide to Getting Lost, Not Starring Zadie Louise, Code Red, Kestrel Takes Flight, and Basil & Dahlia, as well as the middle grade series Team Awkward, and the picture books Harriet’s Ruffled Feathers, Champ and Major: First Dogs, and The Story of a Book. Her debut novel Blood Water Paint was 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 of Lily and the Great Quake: A San Francisco Earthquake Survival Story, Li on Angel Island, and Shining 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 the Rural Voices and Calling the Moon anthologies. She has a rescue golden retriever/cattle dog named Sophie (from Howl’s Moving Castle) and fluffy black cat, also from an animal shelter, named Zuko (from Avatar: The Last Airbender). Veeda lives with her family in Nevada where she reads, writes, and bakes.
Veeda Bybee is a former journalist and holds an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is the author of Lily and the Great Quake: A San Francisco Earthquake Survival Story, Li on Angel Island, and Shining 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 the Rural Voices and Calling the Moon anthologies. She has a rescue golden retriever/cattle dog named Sophie (from Howl’s Moving Castle) and fluffy black cat, also from an animal shelter, named Zuko (from Avatar: The Last Airbender). Veeda lives with her family in Nevada where she reads, writes, and bakes.