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Miles & Jones #1: The Anaconda Attack

(A Graphic Novel)

Author Sam Smith
Illustrated by César Lador
Paperback (Graphic Novel - TR)
$6.99 US
5-3/16"W x 7-5/8"H | 4 oz | 48 per carton
On sale Jun 16, 2026 | 128 Pages | 9798217119738
Age 6-9 years | Grades 1-4

Meet Amelia Miles and Shackleton Jones--just regular best friends on a totally normal day, visiting the park and battling giant anacondas. . . Wait, giant anacondas?! Strap yourselves in kids, this is one wild comic!

AMELIA MILES, aka THE AMAZING AMELIA MILES
Best Friend: Shackleton Jones
Known For: Her awesome moves
Not-so-secret skill: She's ready for action at all times (and does NOT need to comb her hair, mom!)

SHACKLETON JONES, aka. . . uh, SHACKLETON JONES. . . ?
Best Friend: The Amazing Amelia Miles
Known For: His smarts
Not-so-secret skill: Reading (seriously, he already read this book for you and can tell you what happens next)

Miles & Jones are best friends, ready for anything and wow, do we mean anything. When they meet up in their favorite local park, they're attacked by giant anacondas! (Anacondas. Why did it have to be anacondas?!) And even though their parents are with them, Ms. Miles and Mr. Jones are no help at all. It's up to the kids to wrangle the slithery reptiles and save the day!

Don't miss the next hilarious epic (and epically hilarious) adventure: The Blizzard of Blobs!
Sam Smith is the author of five books on basketball, including the New York Times bestseller The Jordan Rules. Smith received the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s 2012 Curt Gowdy Media Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Professional Basketball Writers Association. He was the Bulls’ beat writer and the national NBA writer for the Chicago Tribune during Phil Jackson’s coaching tenure with the Bulls. He has written extensively for sports magazines and websites in Europe and Asia and publications in the US, including ESPN, Inside Sports, Basketball Digest, and the Basketball Hall of Fame. He wrote for the Chicago Tribune for twenty-nine years and currently writes for Bulls.com. View titles by Sam Smith

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Meet Amelia Miles and Shackleton Jones--just regular best friends on a totally normal day, visiting the park and battling giant anacondas. . . Wait, giant anacondas?! Strap yourselves in kids, this is one wild comic!

AMELIA MILES, aka THE AMAZING AMELIA MILES
Best Friend: Shackleton Jones
Known For: Her awesome moves
Not-so-secret skill: She's ready for action at all times (and does NOT need to comb her hair, mom!)

SHACKLETON JONES, aka. . . uh, SHACKLETON JONES. . . ?
Best Friend: The Amazing Amelia Miles
Known For: His smarts
Not-so-secret skill: Reading (seriously, he already read this book for you and can tell you what happens next)

Miles & Jones are best friends, ready for anything and wow, do we mean anything. When they meet up in their favorite local park, they're attacked by giant anacondas! (Anacondas. Why did it have to be anacondas?!) And even though their parents are with them, Ms. Miles and Mr. Jones are no help at all. It's up to the kids to wrangle the slithery reptiles and save the day!

Don't miss the next hilarious epic (and epically hilarious) adventure: The Blizzard of Blobs!

Author

Sam Smith is the author of five books on basketball, including the New York Times bestseller The Jordan Rules. Smith received the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s 2012 Curt Gowdy Media Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Professional Basketball Writers Association. He was the Bulls’ beat writer and the national NBA writer for the Chicago Tribune during Phil Jackson’s coaching tenure with the Bulls. He has written extensively for sports magazines and websites in Europe and Asia and publications in the US, including ESPN, Inside Sports, Basketball Digest, and the Basketball Hall of Fame. He wrote for the Chicago Tribune for twenty-nine years and currently writes for Bulls.com. View titles by Sam Smith