by Lisa Yee
First published 2024
Olive Cobin Zang gets dropped off at RASCH, a boarding school housed in a former castle and prison. She thinks she's attending a reforming arts academy, but problems always find her anyway. The school turns out to be something completely different. RASCH trains misfit kids who never fit in anywhere else to become an elite crime fighting team. Olive joins a group of other outcasts just as the school faces its biggest threat. A notorious thief plans the heist of the century, targeting priceless gems and treasure. Unless Olive's new team can stop this criminal, RASCH will close forever. For the first time in her life, Olive has found a place that welcomes her exactly as she is. Now she must work with her fellow misfits to save the only home that has ever accepted them all.
Genres: adventure, crime, fantasy, action, young-adult, boarding-school
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, whimsical
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-family
Setting: RASCH
273 pages · Kindle Edition · Random House Books for Young Readers