Drawing on the experiences of his Vietnamese American family and
his love of ’80s 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’t and his family flee their lizard community deep
below Earth’s crust to survive above among humans. The Lizk’t
family of Elberon now passes as the Tomkins family of Eagle Valley.
“Tommy Tomkins” wears a human face to school but can’t 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’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.
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