Tales of a Seventh-Grade Lizard Boy

<b>Drawing on the experiences of his Vietnamese American family and his love of &#146;80s sci-fi shows Jonathan Hill crafts a funny insightful graphic novel about the immigrant experience and the perils of middle school.</b><br><br>Threatened with diminishing resources Booger Lizk&#146;t and his family flee their lizard community deep below Earth&#146;s crust to survive above among humans. The Lizk&#146;t family of Elberon now passes as the Tomkins family of Eagle Valley. &#147;Tommy Tomkins&#148; wears a human face to school but can&#146;t seem to fit in no matter <i>how </i>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&#146;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.