by Patrick Ryan
First published 2020
Delancey Murphy sits in the principal's office again. Someone removed every label from the canned goods in the school kitchen. Someone else covered every toilet seat with plastic wrap. The principal knows exactly who the "happy pranksters" are. Red, as Delancey prefers to be called, and her partner in crime Jojo never let school get boring. Between hockey practice at the rink and running her dogs through Minnesota's north woods, Red fills her days with carefully planned chaos. But when her older sister needs help, Red faces a mission that makes school pranks look simple. She must travel to South America on a secret quest to find a baby. The adventure takes her far from the familiar woods and ice rinks of home into territory where the stakes are higher than detention.
Genres: fiction, adventure, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-family
Setting: Minnesota, North Woods, South America
Period: 21st-century
196 pages · Paperback · Flat Sole Studio