Never Thirteen

Ages 8 to 12, Grades 3 to 7

What if you were twelve for all of eternity? From the award-winning author of The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl comes a magical mystery about a group of kids called the Evers who have been alive for hundreds of years.

Ivy Stewart thought West Archer Academy was the first step to everything she’d always wanted. The key to her entire future. But now…she might not even have a future.

It’s the start of a new semester, and Ivy’s very old friends and her very new immortality are at odds. The Evers, kids who are hundreds of years old and never age, are determined to save Ivy from suffering that same miserable fate…even if it means she won’t remember them. But what’s worse? Forgetting her family, her friends, her life or never turning thirteen?

Ronan is done running from his psychic powers. He knows he can help Ivy—once he figures out how—but he can’t shake the bad feeling he has around the rest of the Evers. Can he trust them? Can the Evers trust Ronan? Or are they all doomed to fight this centuries-old battle forever… and ever?

Story Locale:Mysterious boarding school in North Carolina

Series Overview: Pub plan:

Forever Twelve HC: Fall 2023

Forever Twelve pbk: Summer 2024

Never Thirteen HC: Fall 2024

Never Thirteen pbk: Summer 2025

About the Author

Stacy McAnulty is the author of many books for young readers, including The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl, The World Ends in April, Millionaires for the Month, and Save the People!: Halting Human Extinction, among many, many others! A former mechanical engineer, Stacy writes about math and science with authority.

Author Hometown: North Carolina