Award-winning author Kenneth Oppel will be in conversation with Alexander London at Children’s Book World about his new book
Best of All Worlds!
Children’s Book World is very excited to welcome Kenneth Oppel as he celebrates the release of his newest novel, Best of All Worlds, a startling, can’t-wait-to-talk-about-it-with-someone novel that defies genre to create a survival thriller unlike any you’ve read before. For fans of Leave the World Behind, A.S. King, M.T. Anderson, and Margaret Atwood. Kenneth will be in conversation with friend of the store and author of over 30 novels himself, Alexander London. We hope you will join us for this exciting event.
Join us on June 5, 2025 at 4:00pm for this event!
About Kenneth Oppel
KENNETH OPPEL wrote his first novel at age fourteen and is now a multi-award-winning bestselling author. His books include the Silverwing trilogy, which has sold over a million copies around the world, and Airborn, winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award and a Michael L. Printz Honor Book. His most recent novel is Ghostlight, which was shortlisted for several awards, including the Aurora and the IODE Violet Downey Book Award. Oppel lives with his family in Toronto.
About Best of All Worlds
From award-winning author Kenneth Oppel comes a startling, can’t-wait-to-talk-about-it-with-someone novel that defies genre to create a teen survival thriller unlike any you’ve read before. For fans of Leave the World Behind, A.S. King, M.T. Anderson, and Margaret Atwood.
Xavier Oaks doesn’t particularly want to go to the cabin with his dad and his dad’s pregnant new wife, Nia. But family obligations are family obligations, and it’s only for a short time. So he leaves his mom, his brother, and his other friends behind for a week in the woods. Only . . . one morning he wakes up and the house isn’t where it was before. It’s like it’s been lifted and placed . . . somewhere else.
When Xavier, his dad, and Nia go explore, they find they are inside a dome, trapped. And there’s no one else around . . .
Until, three years later, another family arrives.
Is there any escape? Is there a reason they are stuck where they are? Different people have different answers — and those different answers inexorably lead to tension, strife, and sacrifice.
In this masterpiece, award-winning author Kenneth Oppel builds a heart-stopping story that feels very much of our moment, where our very human choices collectively lead to humanity’s eventual fate.
About Alexander London
Alex London has published over 25 books for children, teens, and adults, including the middle grade series Battle Dragons and Accidental Adventures. For young adults, he’s the author of the award winning cyberpunk duology Proxy, and the fantasy trilogy The Skybound Saga, an NBC Today Show pick. A former librarian, journalist, human rights researcher, and snorkel salesman, he now lives in Philadelphia with his husband, daughter, and one unruly hound dog.
For more information on Alex London, visit him at:
https://www.calexanderlondon.com/