Eight kids nobody trusted. One abandoned room. A death the school wanted forgotten.

At the underfunded Mariah Wilson Public School near Times Square, eight teens are sent to a forgotten classroom after a week of hacked grades, viral games, AI-generated humiliation, secret parties, and anonymous accounts.

They aren't friends. Some are enemies. Some are facing expulsion. Others may be headed toward juvenile detention.

Their last chance is Experiment 359, a thirty-day test designed to prove they can change.

But Solitaria doesn't give them an easy way out.

Instead, the eight uncover the trail of an unsolved death on school grounds, stolen funds, lies, threats, and secrets the adults around them would rather bury.

And soon they realize something unsettling:

They aren't the only ones being tested.

To make it through, eight misfits who barely trust one another will have to do the one thing nobody expects them to do. Become a team. An accidental tribe.

Accidental Tribes is a sharp, funny, illustrated YA coming-of-age mystery about friendship, found family, identity, second chances, and growing up in an always-connected world shaped by social media, artificial intelligence, and the consequences of one bad decision.

For young adult readers ages 13 to 18, including reluctant readers.