Written for middle school readers from 9 to 14 years old, The Whiz Kids from DARPA is a graphic novel that shows the first 10 stories of a group of young teens who go on missions and adventures using Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) to overcome challenges and obstacles. The group is also an example of diversity, comprised of an Asian leader on the Autism spectrum, a transgender computer hacker, a Hawaiian born African American genius engineer, a Latinx linguist and former spy and a biologist who also happens to be a talking bear!