Lizard Boy 2: The Most Perfect Summer Ever
$24.65
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
8 April 2025
Summary
Lizard Boy 2: A Summer of Secrets and Friendship
Book two in this acclaimed graphic series explores intolerance through a relatable—and empowering—cast of middle-grade cryptids, immigrants, and outsiders.
In human disguise, the Lizk’t family of Elberon is now comfortably settled in Eagle Valley as the all-American Tomkins family. While his older sister is madly in love with her job and her perfect human boyfriend, Tommy Tomkins has new friends who understand…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781536216516 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1536216518 |
| Series: | Lizard Boy |
| Author: | Jonathan Hill |
| Publisher: | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Walker Books US |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 8 April 2025 |
| Weight: | 505g |
| Dimensions: | 217mm x 156mm x 19mm |
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Critics Review
Many characters’ storylines present reflective insights into immigrant and refugee experiences, as well as their opinions on assimilation vs. keeping their home cultures alive… Funny, thoughtful, and inspiring.—Kirkus ReviewsYou can feel the love and the sense of camaraderie between the friends as well as their families.The second book in this series presents a vision of community many readers will want to strive for… .Who wouldn’t want to be friends with a cryptid?—School Library Journal
About The Author
Jonathan Hill
Jonathan Hill drew on both the experiences of his Vietnamese American family and his love of ’80s sci-fi shows for first book in this series, Tales of a Seventh-Grade Lizard Boy, which was named to several state award lists. He is also the creator of Odessa and the cocreator, with MK Reed, of Americus and Science Comics: Wild Weather: Storms, Meteorology, and Climate. An Ignatz Award–nominated graphic novelist, illustrator, and educator, he lives in Portland, Oregon.
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