The Lost-and-Found Department for Imaginary Friends

Eleven-year-old Jordan Bell trusts maps, evidence, and rules that stay put. But when he dismisses his six-year-old sister Maya’s bright-orange imaginary friend, Fizzlebop vanishes—and Maya loses the routes and games they created together.

Led by Parcel, Jordan enters the hidden Lost-and-Found Department for Imaginary Friends beneath the city. With junior agent Carmen Rivera and the invisible Detective Nobody, he follows three kinds of clues—identity, route, and connection—through impossible maps, unfinished monsters, forgotten games, and an archive built from everything children have been told is useless.

Finding Fizzlebop will take more than solving a mystery. Jordan must face the shame that made him laugh at imagination, listen to what others actually want, and learn that the best maps reveal choices instead of controlling the destination.

A warm, inventive fantasy mystery about sibling responsibility, friendship, accountability, and creativity for readers ages 8–12.