Best of All Worlds

From award-winning author Kenneth Oppel a startling, can't-wait-to-talk-about-it-with-someone novel that defies genre to create a survival thriller unlike any you've read before. For fans of Leave the World Behind, A.S. King, M.T. Anderson, and Margaret Atwood.

Xavier Oaks doesn't particularly want to go to the cabin with his dad and his dad's pregnant new wife, Nia. But family obligations are family obligations, and it's only for a short time. So he leaves his mom, his brother, and his other friends behind for a week in the woods. Only... one morning he wakes up and the house isn't where it was before. It's like it's been lifted and placed... somewhere else.

When Xavier, his dad, and Nia go explore, they find they are inside a dome, trapped. And there's no one else around...

Until, three years later, another family arrives.

Is there any escape? Is there a reason they are stuck where they are? Different people have different answers -- and those different answers inexorably lead to tension, strife, and sacrifice.

In this masterpiece, award-winning author Kenneth Oppel builds to a heart-stopping pitch in drawing a story that feels very much of our moment, where our very human choices collectively lead to humanity's eventual fate.

Author: Kenneth Oppel
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: 06/03/2025
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.49h x 5.91w x 0.71d
ISBN: 9781546158202


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2025
Publishers Weekly 04/07/2025
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2025 pg. 94
School Library Journal 05/01/2025 pg. 135
Booklist 05/01/2025 pg. 102
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2025 - Superior,Well Above Average
Shelf Awareness 06/22/2025

About the Author
Kenneth Oppel is the bestselling author of Skybreaker and Airborn, a Printz Honor Book. He lives in Toronto with his family and can be found online at www.kennethoppel.ca.