State Award Lists
Maine Student Book Award
Texas Lonestar Award
Washington Sasquatch Award
Florida Sunshine State Young Readers Award
Cool Beans: The Further Adventures
of Beanboy
Crystal Kite Award finalist
This sequel to The Adventures of Beanboy combines comic illustrations, a small-town bully facing off against a budding artist, and a rousing, decisive game of dodge ball.
Harkrader’s newest underdog story has strong pacing and is filled with a memorable cast of adolescent eccentrics...the pursuit of individual creativity while recognizing the benefits of teamwork leads to an eminently satisfying conclusion.
—Kirkus
Perfect for kids transitioning between graphic novel and traditional books, this funny and action-packed story follows the quirky but likable Tucker MacBean in his quest to make art—and himself—seem cool in seventh grade.
272 pages, Ages 9–12
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0544039049
Paperback ISBN: 978-0544540699
Also available as an eBook
Beanboy Honors
Kansas Notable Book
Cybils Award Finalist
State Award
Lists
William Allen White Award
Florida Sunshine State Young Readers Award
Maine Student Book Award
Nebraska Golden Sower Award
Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Award
South Carolina Children’s Book Award
South Dakota Prairie Pasque Award
Washington Sasquatch Award
The Adventures of Beanboy
Harkrader has created superb
characters... Fans of Dav Pilkey’s Captain Underpants or Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid books will embrace Tucker and his winsome, quirky friends and schoolmates.
—School Library Journal
starred review
Never underestimate the power of the bean!
Tucker MacBean has been drawing comic books almost as long as he’s been reading them. When his favorite comic has a contest for kids, he thinks he has finally found a way to fix his family—all he has to do is create the winning superhero sidekick. He begins drawing Beanboy—the first comic book character to truly harness the power of the bean for good. He is strong, he is relentless, and he can double in size overnight (if given enough water).
The Adventures of Beanboy is about looking past conventional ideas of strength to find your own superpower.
240 pages, Ages 9–12
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0547550787
Paperback ISBN: 978-0544540736
Also available as an eBook
Airball
Honors
William Allen White
Medal
Kansas Notable Book
Friends of American
Writers Literary Award
Thorpe Menn Finalist
Junior Library Guild Selection
NY Public Library Best Books for the TeenAge
Bank Street College Best Books of the Year
Airball: My Life
in Briefs
Kirby Nickel loves basketball. He loves watching basketball. He loves talking about basketball. The only problem is
he can't play basketball.
But Coach has a plan for Kirby and the supremely untalented seventh-grade team. It involves the guys playing
nearly naked—in their briefs. Maybe
the so-called Stealth Sportswear will really inspire the team.
And maybe, just maybe, Kirby
will find out who his real father is.
Harkrader offers an amusing, wholly affectionate portrayal of a small-town community's devotion to basketball
and of a klutzy kid's success on the
court in spite of himself.
—Booklist
208 pages, Ages 9–12
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1596430600
Paperback ISBN: 978-0312373825
Also available as an eBook
For educators:
Still available as an eBook
Nocturne
A romantic tale of vampires
and magic.
Ages 9–12