Lizard Music (New York Review of Books Children's Collection) Ray Stoeve A Book Riot best book

A Book Riot best book of 2023

from the temples of ancient Egypt to the taxidermy labs of modern New England

and the mean kids start calling her the "nerder girlfriend

As the head of one of the largest teachers’ unions in America

have strong opinions about pretty much everything

Lizard Music (New York Review of Books Children's Collection) Ray Stoeve A Book Riot best bookAn ALA Notable Book Kids ages 9 12 will delight in [the] oddness of this Home Alone style tale set in the 1970sfrom a prolific childrens author who captures a magic thats not like anyone elses (Neil Gaiman). With Victors parents out of town, he is free to investigate the mysterious lizard musicians who have recently appeared on TV . . . Things Victor loves: pizza with anchovies, grape soda, B movies aired at midnight, the evening news. And with his