Tales of a Lizard Boy by Jonathan Hill

Drawing on the experiences of his Vietnamese American family and his love of ?_T80s 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?_Tt and his family flee their lizard community deep below Earth?_Ts crust to survive above among humans. The Lizk?_Tt family of Elberon now passes as the Tomkins family of Eagle Valley. ?_oTommy Tomkins?__ wears a human face to school but can?_Tt 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?_Ts 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.
Binding: Paperback / softback