ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW IS ... I'M HERE TO DIVIDE AND CONQUER. LIKE ALL GREAT TYRANTS DO. ACES When two Niveus Private Academy students, Devon Richards and Chiamaka Adebayo, are selected to be part of the elite school's Senior Prefects, it looks like their year is off to an amazing start. After all, not only does it look great on college applications, but it officially puts them in the running for valedic-torian, too. Shortly after the announcement is made, though, someone who goes by Aces begins sending anonymous text messages to reveal secrets about the two of them that turn their lives upside down and threaten every aspect of their carefully planned futures. As Aces shows no sign of stopping, what seemed like a sick prank quickly turns into a dangerous game, with all the cards stacked against them. Can Devon and Chiamaka stop Aces before things become incredibly deadly? A 2022 NAACP Image Award Winner for Outstanding Literary Work-Youth/Teens A 2022 William C. Morris Award Finalist A 2022 Edgar Award Nomince for Best Young Adult A Junior Library Guild Selection A YALSA 2022 Best Fiction for Young Adults Finalist "Ace of Spades is a clever thriller that, just as you think you've got it figured out, pulls the rug out from under you ... This is one magnificent debut!" —Angeline Boulley, New York Times-bestselling author of Firekeeper's Daughter * "Àbíké-Íyímídé excels in portraying the conflict of characters who exist in two worlds... Devon and Chiamaka are dynamic and multifaceted, deeply human in the face of Aces's treatment." -Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW * "Readers will love this thriller-mystery.. A revelatory, buzzworthy debut." —School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW