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Melissa Johnston Miles

Melissa Johnston Miles

Melissa Johnston Miles

Melissa Johnston Miles is a registered nurse and certified K-12 educator with a heart for early literacy. She founded and runs the nonprofit, Superhero Success Foundation, which provides scholarships to graduating high school students and has donated thousands of books featuring disabled superheroes to children's hospitals, camps, schools, and libraries.

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Caught on Camera

A high-stakes cat-and-mouse adventure thriller about a neurodivergent young podcaster pushed on the run after spotting a supposedly dead senator on a Times Square livestream.

Middle GradeFictionContemporary

After a summer of non-stop news footage of Senator Jefferson Morgan's suspicious death just days before his testimony against the global crime ring Double Helix, Dominic does not expect to spot him in live webcam footage of Times Square looking very... alive!

Dominic knows it's him, but he can't convince anyone to believe him. Desperate to prove he’s right and to bring Senator Morgan to justice, Dominic creates a podcast to share his conclusions about Morgan’s identity. It goes viral in a way he never imagined. Can Dominic uncover the real story behind Senator Morgan's fake death, evade underworld operatives, stay one step ahead of a (potentially!) untrustworthy rogue federal agent, handle anxieties brought on by his sudden fame, and navigate the pitfalls of middle school hierarchy . . . without losing sight of the things that make him, well, him?

Publication

UK, US: Watkins Media (Moon+Bird)

Release date: May 2027

Caught on Camera
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05 March 2026

Moon + Bird swoops for middle-grade adventure thriller from SCBWI’s Melissa Johnston Miles