# Operation Final Notice

**Author:** Matthew Landis
**Grade range:** Grades 4–8
**Age range:** 9–13
**First published:** 2022
**Page count:** 289
**Genre:** Middle Grade Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780593109755`
**ISBN-10:** `0593109759`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/operation-final-notice
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Ronny needs $878 by January 4th or the bank takes his family's only car — so, after a workplace injury leaves his dad unable to work, he starts chasing down everyone who owes his family money. Told alongside his best friend Josefina and her hidden audition anxiety, Matthew Landis's novel is about being in over your head and learning to accept help. Nominated for the 2026 Sasquatch Book Award (grades 4-8), the Washington Library Association's statewide young-readers' choice award.

## Themes

- family
- friendship
- anxiety
- perseverance

## Where this book is assigned

### Washington Sasquatch Book Award

- **recommended** · 4th grade · Washington — [source: 2026 Sasquatch Book Award Nominees (Washington Library Association)](https://www.wla.org/2026-sasquatch-nominees)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Washington — [source: 2026 Sasquatch Book Award Nominees (Washington Library Association)](https://www.wla.org/2026-sasquatch-nominees)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · Washington — [source: 2026 Sasquatch Book Award Nominees (Washington Library Association)](https://www.wla.org/2026-sasquatch-nominees)
- **recommended** · 7th grade · Washington — [source: 2026 Sasquatch Book Award Nominees (Washington Library Association)](https://www.wla.org/2026-sasquatch-nominees)
- **recommended** · 8th grade · Washington — [source: 2026 Sasquatch Book Award Nominees (Washington Library Association)](https://www.wla.org/2026-sasquatch-nominees)

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