Description

Dungeons & Dragons meets Jumanji in the second book in the laugh-out-loud adventure series Homerooms and Hall Passes!

Months after saving suburbia from destruction, our heroes are back to their old lives of dungeon delving and magical quests. All except the wizard Albiorix, who has given up adventuring and uses his time trying (unsuccessfully) to create his own board game.

When the party finds their old friend June Westray’s smartphone for sale in a Bríandalörian bazaar, however, they fear the Realm of Suburbia is under threat.

Thus, the five young adventurers must travel back into Homerooms & Hall Passes, a role-playing game where they assume the characters of average American kids. This time they’re at Level 9 and will face a whole new set of challenges: their freshman year of high school!

There are different cliques, different rules, and higher stakes. And if that wasn’t stressful enough, the heroes must track down an evil spellbook, defeat a sinister foe, and figure out how to get back home . . . .

“You can’t help falling in love with this hilarious upside-down take on Dungeons & Dragons. I read; I cheered; I laughed out loud.”—Gordon Korman on Homerooms and Hall Passes


  • Fish Out of Water Comedy: A barbarian, a wizard, a gloom elf, a paladin, and a thief trying to navigate the treacherous world of high school cliques, classes, and the dreaded cafeteria.
  • Gamer Fiction for Kids: The heroes are Level 9 and ready for new challenges, but this time the quests involve surviving freshman year, not slaying dragons.
  • Dungeons and Dragons for Kids: Perfect for young fans of role-playing games, this laugh-out-loud series swaps epic monsters for the epic awkwardness of being the new kid in school.
  • Found Family Adventure: This quirky team of adventurers must rely on each other to track down a sinister spellbook and find a way back to their own world before it’s too late.

About the author(s)

Tom O’Donnell is the author of the Hamstersaurus Rex series as well as Space Rocks and its sequel, Space Rocks 2: For the Love of Gelo! He has written for the New Yorker, McSweeney’s, and the show TripTank on Comedy Central. His comic strips have been featured in the New York Press and the Village Voice. He lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York. Read more at www.tomisokay.com.

Reviews

Praise for HOMEROOMS AND HALL PASSES: “What could be more treacherous than the realm of Briandalor, with its barbarians, wizards, warriors, assassins, and thieves? How about a modern middle school? You can’t help falling in love with this hilarious upside-down take on Dungeons and Dragons. I read; I cheered; I laughed out loud.” - Gordon Korman

Praise for HOMEROOMS AND HALL PASSES: “Played out with impeccable, hilarious logic, the plot leads up an adventuresome learning curve to a brisk battle in a local mall with animated mannequins, a really high-stakes duel involving the evocatively named phone game Oink Pop, and a final realization that Bríandalör’s dangers, lore, glittering treasures, and opportunities for daring exploits seem a bit pale next to those of . . . exotic suburbia.” - ALA Booklist (starred review)

Praise for HOMEROOMS AND HALL PASSES: “Each adventurer learns a different lesson and grows through their humorous attempts at embodying their game personas. The villain is satisfyingly over-the-top, and his defeat befits the book's silly sense of humor. A rollicking, affectionate parody of fantasy role-playing.” - Kirkus Reviews

Praise for HAMSTERSAURUS REX: “A funny, lighthearted option for fans of Tom Angleberger.” - School Library Journal (starred review)

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