Pros: Fans of Gordon Korman and Varian Johnson will enjoy this funny, fast-paced story that features four interesting middle school characters outsmarting just about everyone as they pull off a magnificent stunt.Ĭons: Pay close attention or you may get confused by all the plot twists and turns. A huge Starcade birthday party, a nasty manager who’s a stickler for the rules, dumpsters full of tickets surrounded by a barbed wire fence…what could possibly go wrong? 297 pages grades 4-7. High Score is a fast-paced, high-stakes filled heist story that any young reader will find engaging.

High Score is a heist-style adventure novel for middle-grade youth seeking a page-turning experience. They need a team, though, and DJ recruits a couple of unlikely new friends with unique skills. Destiny Howell, an MFA student in the Department of English at the University of South Florida (USF) recently released a debut book titled High Score. Francis Prep High School - Girls Varsity Basketball / SF, SG / Class of 2020 / Fresh. Nicked, my middle grade Christmas-Fantasy podcast is available here. Watch Destiny Howells videos and highlights on Hudl. My debut novel, High Score, is a middle grade heist, which will be released by Scholastic on June 28, 2022. It’s an impossible task, but DJ and Conor have pulled off some pretty amazing feats in the past. Im currently represented by Emily Mitchell at Wernick & Pratt and Im one half of Sword and Spells Productions (the Spells half). Lucky threatens to turn Conor into a social pariah unless he and DJ can come with 100,000 tickets in two weeks. In his first few days of school, Conor manages to antagonize Lucky, the kid who runs the school with his enormous stash of Starcade tickets, the middle school currency. wildly entertainng heist adventure that is perfect for fans of Gordon Korman, Varian Johnson, and Celia P rez. Summary: DJ’s trying to make a fresh start after transferring to a new middle school, but when his former best friend Conor shows up, he starts to slip back into his old ways. High Score By Destiny Howell - FictionDB.

High Score by Destiny Howell