Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Destiny
$21.84
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
16 December 2026
Summary
A cross-country road trip takes a turn for the weird when 10-year-old Ben discovers a stowaway in the family camper! Hijinks hit the gas as two besties go the distance to save their friendship in this funny, heartfelt middle grade caper.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780593704714 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0593704711 |
| Author: | Matthew Swanson, Robbi Behr |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 16 December 2026 |
| Weight: | 306g |
| Dimensions: | 140mm x 210mm |
| Series: | Cookie Chronicles |
| Audience Age: | 8-12 |
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Critics Review
“A delightful mix of text and illustration….makes these books incredibly approachable for developing readers.” —School Library Journal
Matthew Swanson
Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr are a husband-wife, author-illustrator team. They are known for the Cookie Chronicles, The Real McCoys, Babies Ruin Everything, and Everywhere, Wonder. They have also self-published around sixty books for children and adults.
They spend their summers running a commercial salmon-fishing operation on the Alaskan tundra. The rest of the year, they create books, visit schools, speak at conferences, and live in the hayloft of an old barn on the Eastern Shore of Maryland with their four children and two small dogs, Dumbles and Goji.
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