Young adult Coloring Book - a Surprise Castle exclusive

24 hand-illustrated scenes from the high-school years, from a cafeteria lunch to a graduation in confetti.

Open the locker. Pick up the pencil.

A hand-drawn adult coloring book, 24 scenes that run from study halls and prom nights to swim parties and skate parks. The pace is set by the slow ring of a school bell and the steady chatter of a cafeteria, not the next notification.

Step into a school cafeteria with food trays, milk cartons, and pizza on the tables. Walk to a school hallway of lockers and a MATH MONDAY poster. Pull up to a park bench where three teenagers sit with a basketball nearby. Then to a study room of four students with books and laptops.

The pages keep moving. A coffee shop with brick wall and three women at a table. A neighborhood street with four friends past mailboxes and porches. A library of extensive bookshelves and reading desks. A bus stop shelter with bench and digital display.

Wander through the year. An arcade gaming area with vintage machines. A home party with string lights, balloons, and a punch bowl. A shopping mall clothing store with hanging clothes. A sleepover scene on a bed with five girls and a board game.

Keep going. A football field practice with players in helmets. A prom venue with disco ball and PROM banner. A music record store with vinyl displays. A movie theater lobby with ticket window. An outdoor farmers market under a tent canopy. A modern cafe with hanging pendant lights. A graduation hall with CONGRATULATIONS banner. A classroom during a test. A carnival fairground with Ferris wheel. A swimming pool with lounge chairs. A skate park with ramps and graffiti wall. And to close, a high school entrance with confetti falling and four students celebrating.

There's a reason coloring sticks around. It gives a busy mind somewhere to land, and in this case that somewhere is the spine of a yearbook or the bunting of a prom. Some pages are bold and forgiving. Others will eat a whole afternoon. Works fine with colored pencils, fine-tip markers, or gel pens.

If you know someone with a stack of YA novels on the bedside, a friend whose kids are in their first year of high school, or anyone who watched every Gilmore Girls episode in college, this is for them. It's also for the person who'd quietly rather shade a prom night on a Saturday than scroll.

Open the locker.

Inside you'll find 24 scenes: a school cafeteria with trays, a school hallway with MATH MONDAY poster, a park bench with teenagers and basketball, a study room with books and laptops, a coffee shop with three women, a neighborhood street with four friends, a library with reading desks, a bus stop shelter with digital display, an arcade with vintage machines, a home party with punch bowl, a shopping mall clothing store, a sleepover with board game, a football field practice, a prom venue with disco ball, a music record store with vinyl, a movie theater lobby, an outdoor farmers market, a modern cafe with pendant lights, a graduation hall with banner, a classroom during a test, a carnival with Ferris wheel, a swimming pool with lounge chairs, a skate park with ramps, and a high school entrance with confetti.