Leftover Lily

Lily #4

by Sally Warner, Jacqueline Rogers (Illustrator)

Six-year-old Lily Hill is a medium sort of kid. She's medium smart, medium artistic, and has the medium number of best friends, which is two. Or it was two until she pushed her friend Daisy on the playground. It was an accident! Now Daisy won't play with her and neither will her other best friend, LaVon, since bossy Daisy won't let her. Lily is the left-over friend. But there's no time to feel sorry for herself. Lily's decided that it's time for her to be the bossy one. In this humorous and thought-provoking elementary school chapter book, Lily learns that being "the boss" in a new friendship isn't all it's cracked up to be. There are better ways of making and regaining friends.

Genres: Chapter Books

Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Sally Warner is a writer of fiction for children and young adults and of books on creativity. She made the Lily series and Emma series for children's books. Sally Warner was born in New York City and grew up in Connecticut and California, where her family moved when she was eight years old.

Reviews

[Nancy Kotkin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Children's chapter book series about a child adjusting to a host of new circumstances: moving from the suburbs to the city, starting at a new school, downsizing from a house into a small apartment, the absence of her father, and her stay-at-home mother taking a job. Protagonist is only six years old, a bit young for a chapter book.

In this book, Lily deals with friendship issues. She discovers how difficult it is to be in a best-friend trio. Lily also learns about bossiness from both sides - being bossed around herself, and then bossing someone else.