El Nido

For some kids, summer is but a sunny time filled with fun. For Steve, it is a season full of worry. So when a mysterious wasp queen invades his dreams, offering to “fix” his baby brother, Steve thinks his prayers have been answered. All he has to do is say yes. But “yes” is a powerful word. It is also a dangerous one.

Kenneth Oppel is the author of numerous books for young readers. His award-winning Silverwing trilogy has sold over a million copies worldwide, and been adapted as an animated TV series and stage play. Airborn won the Canadian Governor General's Award for Children's Literature; its sequel, Skybreaker, was a New York Times bestseller and was named Children's Novel of the Year by the London Times. Jon Klassen is a Canadian illustrator and Caldecott Award winner who works as an animator for DreamWorks.