Lions & Liars

Name: Lions & Liars
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Kate Beasley
ISBN: 9781101915837

Author: Kate Beasley

Narrator: Robbie Daymond

Unabridged: 5 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Listening Library

Published: 06/05/2018

Categories: Children's Fiction, Fantasy Stories, Action & Adventure Stories, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

Frederick Frederickson has a food-chain theory about life. There are lions, like the school bully. Gazelles, like the bullied kids. There are meerkats, and the fleas that live on the butts of meerkats. Frederick's a flea.

Fifth grade is off to a terrible start when Frederick is sent to a disciplinary camp for troublesome boys. His fellow troop mates-Nosebleed, Specs, The Professor, and little-yet-lethal Ant Bite-are terrifying. But in between trust-building exercises and midnight escape attempts, a tenuous friendship grows between them. 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.

About The Author

KATE BEASLEY holds a master's in writing for children and young adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her first novel, Gertie's Leap to Greatness, was a Junior Library Guild selection, an IndiesIntroduce Selection, and a multi-region Indie Bestseller. The New York Times Book Review called it "breathlessly, effortlessly fun." Kate lives with her family in Claxton, Georgia, with two dogs, one parrot, lots of cows, and a cat named Edgar. @_katebeasley

Reviews

Goodreads review by orangerful on October 17, 2018

This was a ridiculously fun book and probably one I will recommend to 4th-5th grade boys. Gotta suspend that adult part of your brain that knows no kid could just randomly show up at a weekend camp and just pretend to be another kid. LOL. But otherwise, this misadventures of Frederick Frederickson w......more

Goodreads review by EJ on February 26, 2018

This was a fun adventure-style coming of age book underscored by some excellent comedic moments and some tense underlying issues about race and what the world sees when they look at 'troubled boys' and the assumptions they make because of it. Geared toward younger readers, but an enjoyable book for......more

Goodreads review by Kenya | Reviews May Vary on December 14, 2020

Middle grade book about a boy who is showing off and accidentally ends up in a disciplinary camp testing out his friends theories about how people fit together like the animal kingdom does. A good story about friendship and giving people a chance to surprise you.......more

Goodreads review by Julie on June 18, 2018

I really enjoyed this book! A fun story about Frederick Frederickson who is trying to find his place in his friendship group. He feels like a loser and those around him certainly don’t make him feel any better! In an odd series of events he ends up at a camp for troubled boys mistaken for a boy with......more

Goodreads review by Megan on September 09, 2018

The writing in this book is beautiful! Lots to pull from as a mentor text, and the story made me smile and laugh. I’ll definitely be using this as a read aloud this year!......more