Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody

Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody, Book 1

By: Patrick Ness

Narrated by: Robert G. Slade

When Zeke and his friends become Hall Monitors, they have no idea what they’re in for. Especially when Pelicarnassus – school bully and wannabe supervillain – develops a grudge that gets wildly out of hand …

Can they save their school – and maybe the world – from being destroyed by a megalomaniac pelican? A hilarious new school comedy from multi-award-winning author Patrick Ness.

2024, Nero Book Awards Children's Fiction, Short-listed

©2024 Patrick Ness (P)2024 Bolinda Publishing

Critic reviews

'Oh, man, I love this! A fun and quirky schoolyard romp with a cast of clever, heartfelt, hilarious characters from all across the animal kingdom. This Lizard Nobody is bound to be Somebody.' (Caldecott Medalist Matthew Cordell)

'Absolutely bananas and perfectly sweet – this world formed from Patrick Ness’s wild imagination and populated by Tim Miller’s huggable animals is one you will want to return to, for laughs and for the deeper themes of grief, bullying, and true friendship.' (Isabel Roxas, creator of the graphic novel series The Adventures of Team Pom)

'Wonderfully absurd.' (Bob Shea, author of Who Wet My Pants)

Very imaginative and difficult to grasp the concept

I thought the idea of monitor lizards being hall monitors would be really cute but it turns out it's a story about poor kids, depression, kids getting bullied, several uses of slang "heck"and one use of the word "ass". I listen to this book with my kids for a homework assignment and very disappointed. The whole story line is very confusing even for my 9 & 12 year olds who like imaginative stories. One student has two mom's and the author is trying to hard to hit all the political nails on the head the ending was disappointing and did not follow up on characters. I would approach with caution. wishing I could get my money and 2 hours of my time back. the performance was good.

It was a great great book with lots of details and I especially liked Zeak and his friends.

I gust liked it because the characters were funny and a great book that had lost of details.😀😊😘

who did Zeke become ?

the book starts off stating nothing gets solved with violence yet thats exactly how it end’s