The Losers at the Center of the Galaxy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780759555426)

A tuba player without a tuba and his jellyfish-imitating sister cope with their father's disappearance in this hilarious and moving novel by the author of The Mortification of Fovea Munson.

When Lenny Volpe, former quarterback of the worst professional football team in the nation, leaves his family and disappears, the Chicago Horribles win their first game in a long time. Fans are thrilled. The world seems to go back to normal. Except for the Volpe kids.

Winston throws himself into playing the tuba, and Louise starts secret experiments to find a cure for brain injuries, and they're each fine, just fine, coping in their own way. That is, until the investigation of some eccentric teacher behavior and the discovery of a real live bear paraded as the Horribles' new mascot make it clear that things are very much Not Fine. The siblings may just need each other, after all.

Author: Mary Winn Heider
ISBN-10: 0759555427
ISBN-13: 9780759555426
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 03/16/2021
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.30w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 01/01/2021 pg. 66
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2021
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2021
Publishers Weekly 02/15/2021
Booklist 03/01/2021 pg. 57
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2021 pg. 89

About the Author
A graduate of the Vermont College of Fine Arts Writing for Children and Young Adults program, Mary Winn Heider is the author of The Mortification of Fovea Munson. She lives in Chicago, where she acts in plays, rides her bike, and works for The Mystery League. You can visit her online at marywinnheider.com.