THE VERY DANGEROUS SISTERS OF INDIGO MCCLOUD

Indigo knows what it’s like to be the target of his older sister Peaches’ bullying, and when she victimizes their schoolmates, he must act.

Peaches is a master manipulator. With her younger sisters, Su, Root, and Berry, as henchmen, Peaches exploits her preys’ greatest fears unless they give her what she wants. In her underground lair, she cooks up retribution that involves dastardly accidents with geese, a venomous spider, and more. Their bizarre town with its oddball businesses, like Auntie Maggie’s Big Hairy Spider Emporium, provides Peaches with plenty of ammunition. Meanwhile, due to her cunning, the town’s inept adults believe Peaches is charming. It’s all comically over-the-top, but what rings most true are Indigo’s responses to the abuse. He can’t stand to see one more child reduced to a quivering shell. When Peaches threatens newcomer Mandy, Indigo resolves to help. Not by confronting Peaches—he’s too afraid for that. But from the rooftops where, with parkourlike agility, he can sabotage any trap. Well, almost any trap. Indigo hadn’t anticipated that Peaches would convince their father to send him away to be rehabilitated at the Blunt Home for Nasty Little Liars. A reckoning is overdue, and when it comes, readers will be cheering. The main cast reads White.

Hilarity and heart center this quirky story about a young hero quietly taking a stand.