Despite their own challenges and self-doubt, Sage, Huey and the team are forced to set out on a wild adventure when their buddy Peace makes the discovery of a lifetime. Peace and her girlfriend Jen discover the solution to world peace, creating an energy drink, which they name peace strain, that permanently puts the consumer at peace with themself and everyone else. However, some groups see peace strain as a threat, while others recognize its nefarious potential. Soon, the crew find themselves on the run from drug cartels that see peace strain as a threat to their business, a shadow group that sees it as the key to world domination, and even from their own country’s military, which wants to use peace strain to pacify the masses.

Peace, Sage and the gang have three days to reach the World Leader Summit in New Orleans, or risk losing world peace forever. Along the way they'll have to survive explosions, riots, racism, assassins, painful tragedies, a thousand-foot bungee drop, and skateboarding down a sheer cliff face. But this formidable found family is armed with skills, talents, intelligence, and transcendent love for one another. Plus, Peace has a massive secret that can change the world, with or without her peace-inducing energy drink.

Peace Frog grips readers from the opening leap and takes them on a fun, thought-provoking, sometimes emotional journey that culminates with an ending our group of 20 sensitivity readers could only describe like this:

“None of us have any suggestions for these final chapters, probably because we're speechless.”

Set in present-day America, Peace Frog combines the energy and camaraderie of Ash Parsons’ Girls Save the World in This One with the crazy plot twists of Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows, and throws in the philosophical exploration of Albert Camus's The Stranger for good measure.

The Peace Strain series is made for readers who crave YA literary fiction with plot-driven suspense, unforgettable characters, and emotional connections that make them laugh, cry, think, and hope. Peace Frog features contemporary romances and explores belonging, mental health, multiculturalism, identity, race, neurodiversity, and LGBTQ+ issues.

With the modest goal of spurring world peace, The Peace Strain is the kind of binge-worthy YA series readers can’t wait to finish and immediately share with friends.

Don’t just read about world peace. Be part of the crew. Start your journey with Peace Frog today.