Not Your Average Heroes. . . Or Are they?

Gitty Daneshvari is the author of the middle grade series School of Fear:  School of Fear, School of Fear 2: Class is Not Dismissed, and School of Fear 3: The Final Exam. She is also the author of the adult romantic comedy The Makedown.  League of Unexceptional Children (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) is Daneshvari’s first book in a hilarious new adventure series is for anyone who's struggled to be noticed in a sea of above-average overachievers.

Max Brallier  is the author of more than twenty books and games. He writes children's books and adult books, including the pick-your-own-path adventure Can YOU Survive the Zombie Apocalypse? He is the creator and writer of Galactic Hot Dogs and he writes for licensed properties including Adventure Time, Regular Show, and Uncle Grandpa.  Under the pen name Jack Chabert, he is the creator and author of the Eerie Elementary series for Scholastic Books. He is a game designer for the virtual world Poptropica and does freelance game design for numerous online properties.  In The Last Kids on Earth (Viking Books for Young Readers) Brallier presents The Simpsons meets The Walking Dead in this hilarious post-apocalyptic graphic novel for middle-grade readers.

In Junior Braves of the Apocalypse Volume 1: A Brave is Brave (Oni Press), writers Michael Tanner,Greg Smith, and artist Zach Lehner answer the question we’ve all been wondering: How would a scout troupe content with man-eating mutants? After a camping trip out in the mountains with their grizzled old scoutmaster Padre, a troop of scouts, the Junior Braves, discover that the world has been wiped out in an apocalyptic disaster, and overrun with bloodthirsty mutants. Using all their scouting skills and knowledge, these young boys try to survive on their own, while searching for clues to the whereabouts of their evacuated families.