# A Royal Conundrum

**Author:** Lisa Yee
**Grade range:** Grades 3–6
**Age range:** 8–11
**First published:** 2024
**Page count:** 276
**Genre:** Adventure
**ISBN-13:** `9781984830296`
**ISBN-10:** `1984830295`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/a-royal-conundrum
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Sent to a sketchy after-school program that turns out to be a secret academy for misfit kid superheroes, friendless Hollis Bartholomew Crackpot finally finds a team — just in time to stop a supervillain. Lisa Yee's funny grades 3-6 series opener (illustrated by Dan Santat) is full of heart and hijinks.

## Themes

- friendship
- humor
- adventure
- identity

## Where this book is assigned

### Battle of the Books (state reading programs)

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · North Carolina — [source: NCSLMA Elementary Battle of the Books 2025-2026 (Grades 3-5)](https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?lid=14871)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · North Carolina — [source: NCSLMA Elementary Battle of the Books 2025-2026 (Grades 3-5)](https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?lid=14871)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · North Carolina — [source: NCSLMA Elementary Battle of the Books 2025-2026 (Grades 3-5)](https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?lid=14871)

### Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Oklahoma — [source: 2026 Children's Sequoyah Book Award Master List (Oklahoma Library Association)](https://www.oklibs.org/page/Childrens_Sequoyah_Masterlist_2026)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · Oklahoma — [source: 2026 Children's Sequoyah Book Award Master List (Oklahoma Library Association)](https://www.oklibs.org/page/Childrens_Sequoyah_Masterlist_2026)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Oklahoma — [source: 2026 Children's Sequoyah Book Award Master List (Oklahoma Library Association)](https://www.oklibs.org/page/Childrens_Sequoyah_Masterlist_2026)

### South Carolina Children's Book Award

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · South Carolina — [source: 2025-2026 South Carolina Children's Book Award Nominees (South Carolina Association of School Librarians / studySC)](https://studysc.org/sc-book-awards/sc-childrens-book-award-2026)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · South Carolina — [source: 2025-2026 South Carolina Children's Book Award Nominees (South Carolina Association of School Librarians / studySC)](https://studysc.org/sc-book-awards/sc-childrens-book-award-2026)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · South Carolina — [source: 2025-2026 South Carolina Children's Book Award Nominees (South Carolina Association of School Librarians / studySC)](https://studysc.org/sc-book-awards/sc-childrens-book-award-2026)

### Volunteer State Book Award

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Tennessee — [source: Volunteer State Book Award 2025-2026 Intermediate Division (Grades 3-5), Tennessee Library Association / TASL](https://sites.google.com/view/volunteer-state-book-award/home)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · Tennessee — [source: Volunteer State Book Award 2025-2026 Intermediate Division (Grades 3-5), Tennessee Library Association / TASL](https://sites.google.com/view/volunteer-state-book-award/home)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Tennessee — [source: Volunteer State Book Award 2025-2026 Intermediate Division (Grades 3-5), Tennessee Library Association / TASL](https://sites.google.com/view/volunteer-state-book-award/home)

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