Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Avery Shaw Experiment | 2013 | Kelly Oram | Buy |
| 2 | The Libby Garrett Intervention | 2015 | Kelly Oram | Buy |
The Avery Shaw Experiment opens the series with a concept that’s hard not to enjoy: a science-obsessed teenage girl, freshly heartbroken, decides to study her own grief using the scientific method. Her neighbor and longtime friend agrees to help, and what begins as data collection naturally becomes something more complicated. Oram plays the premise for both laughs and genuine warmth, and the result is one of her most widely read books.
The Libby Garrett Intervention takes the same general approach with a new cast. A girl with serious commitment issues becomes the subject of her friends’ behavioral intervention, which predictably goes sideways in entertaining ways. Both books share a light touch with emotion and a willingness to let the characters be genuinely funny rather than just quirky.
The Science Squad duology is short by design, and both books are quick reads that work well for fans of YA contemporaries who want something a little more comedic than dramatic. They sit comfortably in Kelly Oram’s broader catalog as lighter entries that still manage to land the emotional beats.