The first in a funny chapter book crime series about a well-behaved child who doesn't fit in to his family of criminals featuring a prison break, a diamond heist and a lie that saves the day.

"Freddie is the daughter of Dr. Facilier. She's got voodoo in her blood, a deck of shadow cards in her hands, and a song in her villain kid heart. When Freddie's dreams of joining the a cappella group at Auradon Prep fall apart, she uses her shadow cards to get her way . . . But dark magic always comes with a price." --

"High schooler Matt's father is rich, powerful, and seemingly untouchable--a mobster with high hopes that his son will follow in his footsteps. Matt's older brother Lukas seems poised to do just that, with a bevy of hot girls in tow. But Matt has other ambitions--and attractions. And attraction sometimes doesn't allow for good judgement. Matt wouldn't have guessed that Jason, the son of the city's police commissioner, is also carrying a secret. The...

Mal, Evie, Carlos, and Jay return to the Isle of the Lost to recruit a new batch of villainous offspring to join them at Auradon Prep, but when Hades, the former god of the underworld, almost breaches the barrier when they go back to Auradon, Mal fears that an unwelcome villain could wreak vengeance on the kingdom and her peaceful life. Mal resolves to permanently close the barrier to save everything she loves, but an unfathomable dark force unexpectedly...

"Cassandra Cain, teenage assassin, isn't exactly Batgirl material...yet. Will she step out of the shadows and overcome her greatest obstacle--that voice inside her head telling her she can never be a hero? Lucky for Cass, she won't have to defy her destiny alone. With the help of her new mentors, noodle shop owner Jackie Fujikawa Yoneyama and a librarian named Barbara Gordon, she'll attempt to answer this question the only way she knows how: learning...

"Mal, Evie, Carlos, and Jay may be the children of terrible villains, but they're fitting in amazingly well on Auradon. Well, at least most of them are. For Mal, the pressure to be royally perfect is too intense, so she returns to her rotten roots on the Isle of the Lost. But Mal soon finds that her archenemy, Uma, the daughter of Ursula, has taken her spot as self-proclaimed princess of evil. Even worse, Uma has a plan to destroy Auradon--and a gnarly...

"For fans of Descendants, this spell book, which formerly belonged to Maleficent before she passed it on to Mal, is full of comments, notes, and inside jokes between Mal and the other villains' kids. Laugh and cry along with Mal, Evie, Jay and Carlos as they find their way in the world of Auradon Prep" --

"What if you and your friends were forced to leave the place where you grew up and sent to a prep school where everyone hated your guts? What if your Mom was literally the most evil woman ever and expected you to help her destroy everybody there? What if you met someone kind of amazing...and it changed everything? Life isn't easy for Mal, but it's always exciting"--Page 4 of cover.

"Mal and her friends bring a new group of villain kids to Auradon, but soon a dark force threatens to ruin everything!" --

"When a scrapbook made by VKs Mal, Jay, Carlos, and Evie washes up on the Isle of the Lost, their arch-enemy Uma decides to "fix" it with her own special touches. Featuring both old Descendants friends and new villains to love, this scrapbook features an inside look into both Auradon and Isle life. Includes photos, notes, and eight gatefold pages." --