Fifth-grader Frederick is sent to a disciplinary camp for troublesome boys. -- Kirkus Reviews.
A fun coming-of-age romp . . . .is chock full of zany, nicknamed characters (Frederick shares a cabin with Nosebleed, Ant Bite, Specs, and the Professor) coming together in a story of friendship among boys. . -- Booklist, starred review Beasley\'s sophomore novel. .transformative read. .
Praise for Lions & Liars : Beasley follows her acclaimed debut, Gertie\'s Leap to Greatness (2016), with a winning story that matches earnestness with humor .
Which is lucky, because a Category 5 hurricane is coming and everyone will have to work together--Lions and fleas alike--to survive! Kate Beasley outdoes herself in this hilarious, whip-smart tale of brotherhood, survival, and what it really means to be a friend.
But in between trust-building exercises and midnight escape attempts, a tenuous friendship grows between them.
His fellow troop mates--Nosebleed, Specs, The Professor, and little-yet-lethal Ant Bite--are terrifying.
Fifth grade is off to a terrible start when Frederick is sent to a disciplinary camp for troublesome boys.
Frederick\'s a flea.
There are meerkats, and the fleas that live on the butts of meerkats.
Gazelles, like the bullied kids.
There are lions, like the school bully.
Holes meets The Goonies in the highly anticipated second middle-grade novel from the author of Gertie\'s Leap to Greatnes s! Frederick Frederickson has a food-chain theory about life.
Good thing, because a Category 5 hurricane is coming and everyone must work together to survive! HC: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR).
After a rocky start, he and his terrifying troop mates start forging a friendship.
Fifth-grader Frederick is sent to a disciplinary camp for troublesome boys
