Nerdy and big-hearted Stewart finds himself the half-brother of popular, ungenerous Ashley when their parents marry. Stewart seeks to be Ashley's protector when she falls for a bullying boyfriend, Jared. Then, when Stewart is threatened as the target of Jared's bullying, Ashley finds new resources and organizes a band of classmates to be his protection squad. In this story told with great humor, the half siblings become reluctant friends.

2015 Quill & Quire's “Best Kids' Books”, 2016 Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal, UK, 2017 Winner of the Prix des Libraires, Quebec, 2016 Outstanding International Book, United States Board on Books for Young People, USA.

Author lives in Vancouver.

UK. Originally published in English by Anderson Press in 2015. Published in the United States by Random House/Wendy Lamb in 2015.