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The Book Club Selection for BookCon 2026 is Sunderworld, Vol. 1: The Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry by Ransom Riggs. This
event takes place from 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM on Saturday, April 18th, in Javits
Room 1A03.
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🌟 Exclusive
Author Event: Join Ransom Riggs, author of the #1 global phenomenon
Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children series, for a special one-hour book
club event discussing his bestselling fantasy novel Sunderworld, Vol. 1: The
Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry. Take part in a lively
discussion around the first book in the duology (including audience questions!)
and be among the first readers to hear about the upcoming epic conclusion, Sunderworld,
Vol. 2: The Unfortunate Responsibilities of Leopold Berry. All guests
will walk away with an advance copy of Sunderworld, Vol. 2 (the only
place where you can get it at BookCon)!
🤝 Community &
Discussion: Connect with fellow book lovers, share your thoughts,
theories, and discoveries in our vibrant book club community
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sign up by Thursday, March 19, 2026, at 6:00 PM EST. Please
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Want to hear
more about Sunderworld, Vol 1?
The
instant New York Times bestseller from visionary storyteller
Ransom Riggs!
Weaving the familiar with the peculiar, this stunning tale of loss, triumph,
friendship and magic, will remind readers everywhere that true heroes are made,
not born—and when you’re never the chosen one, sometimes you have to
choose yourself.
Seventeen-year-old Leopold Berry is seeing weird things around Los Angeles. A
man who pops a tooth into a parking meter. A glowing trapdoor in a parking lot.
A half-mechanical raccoon with its tail on fire that just won’t leave him
alone. Every hallucinatory moment seems plucked from a cheesy 1990s
fantasy TV show called Max’s Adventures in Sunderworld—and that’s
because they are.
Not a good sign.
In the blurry weeks after his mother’s death, a young Leopold discovered VHS
tapes of its one and only season in a box headed for the trash—and soon became
obsessed. Losing himself in Sunder was the best way to avoid two things:
grieving his mother and being a chronic disappointment to his
overbearing father. But when the strange visions return—at the worst
possible time on the worst possible day—Leopold turns to his best friend Emmet
for help. Together they discover that Sunder is much more than just an old TV
show, and that Los Angeles is far stranger than they ever imagined. And soon,
he’ll realize that not only is Sunderworld real, but it’s
in grave danger.
Certain he’s finally been chosen for greatness, Leopold risks everything to
claim his destiny, save the world of his childhood dreams, and prove once and
for all that he’s not the disappointment his father believes him to be.
But when everything goes terribly, horribly, excruciatingly wrong,
Leopold’s disappointments prove to be more extraordinary than he ever
could have imagined.
How do you battle darkness when no one believes in you—not even yourself?
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