Book cover for Team Awkward vs. Middle School Moments (Boxed Set): Jojo vs. Middle School; Leah vs. Art; Izzy vs. Cheerleading; Ryan vs. Romance by Joy McCullough and Veeda Bybee

Team Awkward vs. Middle School Moments (Boxed Set)

Jojo vs. Middle School; Leah vs. Art; Izzy vs. Cheerleading; Ryan vs. Romance

2026 Released
704 Pages
11-16 Hours
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Paperback Available December 1, 2026
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Aladdin PaperbacksISBN 9798347112623
The charm of The Baby-Sitters Club meets the humor of Dork Diaries in this middle grade series about four girls who experience hilariously terrible first days of sixth grade and vow to navigate middle school together--no matter how awkward it gets. The first four books are now available together in one paperback boxed set!

Ever have a moment at school that's so awkward it makes you want to hide in a locker for the rest of the year? Jojo, Leah, Izzy, and Ryan definitely did after their cringe-worthy first days, which included displaying cat-print underwear to the hallway and getting braces stuck to a cute guy's shirt. Too embarrassed to show their faces in the cafeteria, the four girls all ended up eating lunch in an abandoned locker room, and Team Awkward began.

Together they navigate everything from parents' rules, sibling squabbles, and crushes to the humiliation of falling flat on your face during cheerleading try-outs. But maybe, with friends by their side, Team Awkward will find that middle school isn't so bad after all.

This all-too-relatable paperback boxed set includes:
Jojo vs. Middle School
Leah vs. Art
Izzy vs. Cheerleading
Ryan vs. Romance

Joy McCullough

Joy McCullough writes books and plays from her home in the Seattle area, where she lives with her husband and two children. She is the author of the middle grade novels Across the Pond, A Field Guide to Getting Lost, Not Starring Zadie Louise, Code Red, Kestrel Takes Flight, and Basil & Dahlia, as well as the middle grade series Team Awkward and the picture books Harriet's Ruffled Feathers, Champ and Major: First Dogs, and The Story of a Book. Her debut novel Blood Water Paint was longlisted for the National Book Award and was a William C. Morris Debut Award Finalist. Visit her at JoyMcCullough.com.

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Veeda Bybee

Veeda Bybee is a former journalist who holds an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is a contributor to the YA anthology Rural Voices and MG anthology Calling the Moon. She has also written historical fiction chapter books Lily and the Great Quake and in partnership with the Smithsonian, Li On Angel Island. Veeda is the daughter of Asian immigrants and lives in Nevada with her family. 

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