JUPITER RISING

A powerful, affirming companion to award-winning author Gary Schmidt's novel Orbiting Jupiter about family, friendship, and a boy named Jack who starts out running on the track team, and ends up running toward his future.

AWARD-WINNING, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
The many accolades for Gary Schmidt's books for young readers include two Newbery Honors, a Printz Honor, and National Book Award finalist.

STANDALONE COMPANION TO A BELOVED AND STEADY SELLER
Orbiting Jupiter is an Amazon Teacher's Pick, has sold over 200,000 copies across formats, and continues to sell ~20K per year.

TIMELY, UNIVERSAL THEMES
Grief and loss; sports and mental health; friendship, family, and community.

FILLS A NEED FOR YOUNGER YA NOVELS
As recently noted in SLJ's Teen Librarian Toolbox, "Today, most YA books feature a teen character that is aged 17 and often acts with an emotional and intellectual maturity far greater than your typical 17-year-old. Books with main characters aged 13 to 16 are hard to find. The market - and teens themselves - need more relatable books with characters that look and act like them."

Gary D. Schmidt is the bestselling author of The Labors of Hercules Beal; Just Like That; National Book Award finalist Okay for Now; Pay Attention, Carter Jones; Orbiting Jupiter; the Newbery Honor and Printz Honor book Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy; and the Newbery Honor Book The Wednesday Wars.