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School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2018 | Middle Grade
Gr 3–5—Popular board book author and illustrator Patricelli offers up an amusing first novel on friendship, peer pressure, and being the new kid. Mono-browed Lily has a terrible first day of fourth grade; although both she and her sister feel ill, they get sent to their new school whereupon Lily throws up on potential new friends' shoes and all over the recess yard. Then a very unusual girl named Darby takes Lily under her wing and they form a two-member group called the Rizzlerunk Club. They have common interests in science, frogs, and trying to stay away from Lily's mom's health food. Thing...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on September 1, 2018
"Fourth grade, first day, brand-new school, and I'm barfing in front of everyone," says Lily, protagonist of Patricelli's (known for her preschool...Log In or Sign Up to Read More