Neal Shusterman · fiction-series
The Shadow Club books in order
A contemporary young adult duology about social exclusion, status, and retaliation.
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Publication order
- 1 The Shadow Club
Book 1 · novel · 1988
When a junior high school boy and his friends decide to form a club of "second bests" and play anonymous tricks on each other's arch rivals, the harmless pranks escalate until they become life-threatening.
- 2 The Shadow Club Rising
Book 2 · novel · 2002
The Shadow Club doesn't exist anymore. The group of second-best kids used to play anonymous practical jokes on their rivals, until things spiraled out of control. Now Jared and the ex-Shadow Club members are having a hard time shaking…

