Five Flavors of Dumb (Teen)

Antony John is a British author of young adult and middle-grade fiction, born in 1972 in Bournemouth, England. He earned degrees from Oxford University and Duke University before transitioning from music composition to writing, with notable works including the ALA Schneider Family Book Award-winning Five Flavors of Dumb (2010), the Elemental fantasy trilogy, and middle-grade novels like Mascot (2018) and The Other, Better Me (2019).[Antony John official bio][Thuprai profile][Goodreads]