Name: Tales of a Seventh-Grade Lizard Boy
Author: Hill, Jonathan
ISBN: [978-1-53621-650-9,1-53621-650-X]

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Tales of a Seventh-Grade Lizard Boy

Author: Hill, Jonathan

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Follett Number: 1980HX2
Audience: Upper Elementary
Publisher: Walker Books, 2022
Format: 264 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN-13: 978-1-53621-650-9
ISBN-10: 1-53621-650-X
LCCN: 2021-953238
Dewey: 741.5
Classifications: Nonfiction

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Graphic Novels

Lizards Fiction

Middle Schools Fiction

School Comics

Schools Fiction

Science Fiction Comics

Science Fiction

Vietnamese Americans Fiction

"Threatened with diminishing resources, Booger Lizk't and his family flee their lizard community deep below Earth's crust to survive above among humans. The Lizk't family of Elberon now passes as the Tomkins family of Eagle Valley. 'Tommy Tomkins' wears a human face to school but can't seem to fit in no matter how he looks. The basketball team becomes a pipe dream when bullies label him a bug eater, and only Dung Tran, an immigrant from Vietnam and fellow outsider, sees Tommy for who he is inside, which is nothing like the outer-space lizard invaders on TV's hottest series. Can their friendship survive the truth?"--Provided by publisher.

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Drawing on the experiences of his Vietnamese American family and his love of '80s sci-fi shows, Jonathan Hill crafts a funny, insightful graphic novel about the immigrant experience and the perils of middle school. Threatened with diminishing resources, Booger Lizk't and his family flee their lizard community deep below Earth's crust to survive above among humans. The Lizk't family of Elberon now passes as the Tomkins family of Eagle Valley. "Tommy Tomkins" wears a human face to school but can't seem to fit in no matter how he looks. The basketball team becomes a pipe dream when bullies label him a bug eater, and only Dung Tran, an immigrant from Vietnam and fellow outsider, sees Tommy for who he is inside, which is nothing like the outer-space lizard invaders on TV's hottest series. Can their friendship survive the truth? In his first solo middle-grade book, award-winning creator Jonathan Hill perfectly captures the sometimes dystopian drama of middle school while reminding readers of the universal need for belonging.

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