THE EXCUSE ATLAS

By Rahul Srivastava

Lost in a three-hour meeting? Stuck at the bottom of the Homework Swamp? Facing a mountain of dishes that grew while you slept? This atlas will get you out.

The Excuse Atlas is a hilarious, illustrated-style field guide to escaping almost anything. Every situation people try to wriggle out of is a place on the map, from the Stay-Home Hills and Broccoli Forest to Deadline Desert, Meeting Marsh and the Bermuda Triangle of Cancelled Plans. Find where you're stuck, pick a route, and travel at your own risk.

Every region is divided into three zones:

Clear Road: excuses that might actually workProceed with Caution: excuses that need a very straight faceHere Be Dragons: excuses that will never work, but that everyone will remember

Inside you'll find routes out of school mornings, bedtime, vegetables, messy rooms, late arrivals, curfews, group projects, sick days, deadlines, video calls, office parties, forgotten birthdays, unanswered messages, moving day, family visits, anniversaries, the gym and much more. There's even a region for when you've run out of excuses entirely.

A few sights along the way:

"Cauliflower is just broccoli that saw a ghost.""The dog ate it. Then he did the next page, and he got a B.""I'm actually two kids in a trench coat, and neither of us can lift a couch.""I mailed you my excuse. It should arrive in four to six weeks."

Clean enough to read aloud at the dinner table, The Excuse Atlas is fun for kids, teens and grown-ups alike. It makes a perfect gift for birthdays, holidays, stocking stuffers, white elephant swaps, coworkers, teachers, graduates, and anyone who has ever said "five more minutes."

Pack your bags. Your way out starts here.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HPZ9FTCT
• ISBN13: 9798166366283
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"