First published 2025
Ten-year-old triplets Barnacle, Melancholy, and Garlic Weirdie have always lived in the shadow of meteor showers at Deadeye Manor. Their enormous mansion houses hundreds of odd guests and two emotionally absent parents who care little for their children. When all the adults depart for vacation and leave the triplets behind, the siblings find themselves shipped off to Our Lady of the Perpetual Side-Eye orphanage. Miss Emily, their kindhearted caseworker, tries her best to help them adjust to normal life. But normal proves impossible for children this strange. The Weirdies wreak havoc in their new adoptive home on picture-perfect Sunshine Circle, turning suburban tranquility upside down. As disasters multiply around them, the triplets and Miss Emily must discover whether their unconventional bond can transform into the loving family each of them craves.
Genres: fiction, family-life, contemporary
Vibes: emotional, quirky, whimsical
Tropes: found-family, unconventional-family
Setting: Deadeye Manor, Our Lady of the Perpetual Side-Eye, Sunshine Circle
283 pages · Kindle Edition · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers