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The Rizzlerunk Club #2
The Rizzlerunk Club: The Big Bad Lies
When a little lie turns into a more serious one, will Lily and Darby's friendship survive--or is it the end of the Rizzlerunk Club?
Lily Lattuga finally feels settled after moving to a new town and starting the fourth grade at a new school. She gets to live right across the lake from her best friend, Darby, who loves frogs and drawing just as much as Lily does. They even have their own club: the Rizzlerunks. But then things start going wrong: the new boy in class is a liar and a bully, and Darby begins acting strangely--she even breaks the Rizzlerunk pledge of honesty and gets Lily into trouble! And when something bad happens to one of the classroom rats on Lily's watch, Lily finds herself caught in a lie with no clear way out. She realizes a little lie can snowball into a huge one that sucks in every good feeling and hurts others terribly. What's a Rizzlerunk to do? Humorous, heartfelt, and full of illustrations that bring Lily's charmingly candid voice to life, this second book in the Rizzlerunk Club series will resonate with anybody who has ever found it hard to do the right thing.
Lily Lattuga finally feels settled after moving to a new town and starting the fourth grade at a new school. She gets to live right across the lake from her best friend, Darby, who loves frogs and drawing just as much as Lily does. They even have their own club: the Rizzlerunks. But then things start going wrong: the new boy in class is a liar and a bully, and Darby begins acting strangely--she even breaks the Rizzlerunk pledge of honesty and gets Lily into trouble! And when something bad happens to one of the classroom rats on Lily's watch, Lily finds herself caught in a lie with no clear way out. She realizes a little lie can snowball into a huge one that sucks in every good feeling and hurts others terribly. What's a Rizzlerunk to do? Humorous, heartfelt, and full of illustrations that bring Lily's charmingly candid voice to life, this second book in the Rizzlerunk Club series will resonate with anybody who has ever found it hard to do the right thing.
- GenresFiction
256 pages, Hardcover
Published January 25, 2022
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About the author
Leslie Patricelli
62 books234 followersLeslie Patricelli is the American writer and illustrator of the best selling line of toddler books, starring her inimitable Baby character, including Potty, Toot, Yummy Yucky, Big Little, and Hair. She has more than 30 books for children, including her preschool books, Higher! Higher! (a Boston Globe Book Honor Award winner), Be Quiet, Mike!, Faster! Faster! and The Patterson Puppies and the Midnight Monster Party; as well as a middle-grade novel, The Rizzlerunk Club: Best Buds Under Frogs, published in 2018. Leslie Patricelli grew up in Issaquah, Washington close to Pine Lake. Leslie Patricelli majored in Communications at the University of Washington and took classes at the School of Visual Concepts in Seattle. Leslie Patricelli created and animated Rover the Dog for Windows XP help installed on more than 60 million computers worldwide.
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January 19, 2022
Humor, friendship, and all the craziness of middle school weave in important lessons to make a fun and rich book for early readers, who aren't quite ready for a full-fledged novel quite yet.
Lily finally has a best friend, Darby, and together, they form the Rizzlerunk Club. Everything runs smoothly...well, as smoothly as anything can in middle school...when an new kid hits the classroom. His lies are driving Lily crazy, although Darby only has googly-eyes for him. But as his lies catch up with him, so does trouble for Darby and Lily. The situations not only threaten to run out of control, but a whole lot of silliness comes with it.
Lily is a energetic girl, whose mind wanders as she rattles along. But then, this story goes from one nonsense right into the next without a second's pause. All of it rotates around daily life in middle school, where drama runs high, logic is a little off, and good intentions seem to turn out with not so good results. There are a lot of life lessons, and it's no problem to feel at home with Lily and wish you could jump into her crazy life for a few minutes.
Friendship is golden, but that doesn't mean it's perfect. Darby and Lily make quite the pair as they both let their imaginations fly, make bad judgements, try to support the other, and all the while, manage to try to work things out Their predicaments did make me smile because for all the silliness, so much hits reality, too.
The added illustrations offer a wonderful break between words, help clarify situations, and do pump the humor, too. These were sprinkled in at just the right times and well done
In other words, this is a fun book and I bet this is an even better series. I received an ARC and am now a fan of this series
Lily finally has a best friend, Darby, and together, they form the Rizzlerunk Club. Everything runs smoothly...well, as smoothly as anything can in middle school...when an new kid hits the classroom. His lies are driving Lily crazy, although Darby only has googly-eyes for him. But as his lies catch up with him, so does trouble for Darby and Lily. The situations not only threaten to run out of control, but a whole lot of silliness comes with it.
Lily is a energetic girl, whose mind wanders as she rattles along. But then, this story goes from one nonsense right into the next without a second's pause. All of it rotates around daily life in middle school, where drama runs high, logic is a little off, and good intentions seem to turn out with not so good results. There are a lot of life lessons, and it's no problem to feel at home with Lily and wish you could jump into her crazy life for a few minutes.
Friendship is golden, but that doesn't mean it's perfect. Darby and Lily make quite the pair as they both let their imaginations fly, make bad judgements, try to support the other, and all the while, manage to try to work things out Their predicaments did make me smile because for all the silliness, so much hits reality, too.
The added illustrations offer a wonderful break between words, help clarify situations, and do pump the humor, too. These were sprinkled in at just the right times and well done
In other words, this is a fun book and I bet this is an even better series. I received an ARC and am now a fan of this series
February 27, 2022
The Big Bad Lies by Leslie Patricelli is the second in The Rizzlerunk Club series featuring fourth-grader Lily Lattuga and her best friend Darby. Lily and Darby share a beautiful friendship and have their own club with an invisible clubhouse and a solemn pledge of loyalty and honesty.
Some interesting things happen in school, with their class adopting four white rats for an experiment on nutrition and the arrival of a new kid who turns out to be a liar and a bully. The Rizzlerunk Club pledge comes into question when Darby starts lying too, and Lily is shocked, swearing she will never tell a lie herself. But something dreadful happens when one of the class rats is under Lily's care and before she knows it she finds herself telling a Big Bad Black Hole Lie that gets Darby into trouble. Lily feels horrible but as the lie spirals out of control, she doesn't know how she can put things right.
This was such a cute book, in terms of the illustrations as well as the characters and the story. Lily's first person narration was delightful to read and her feelings and thoughts wonderfully conveyed. Through various incidents in the story, the book explores the importance of friendship, loyalty, honesty and empathy.
The illustrations add so much to the book, really bringing both the story and Lily's character to life. It also addresses heavier issues like how a child may feel when their parents are getting a divorce. There are some mentions of the girls having crushes on different characters, in case that's something you want to screen for depending on the level of your child.
Overall a funny, thought-provoking and heartwarming book with some great messages. I really enjoyed it myself and need to check out the first book now.
Some interesting things happen in school, with their class adopting four white rats for an experiment on nutrition and the arrival of a new kid who turns out to be a liar and a bully. The Rizzlerunk Club pledge comes into question when Darby starts lying too, and Lily is shocked, swearing she will never tell a lie herself. But something dreadful happens when one of the class rats is under Lily's care and before she knows it she finds herself telling a Big Bad Black Hole Lie that gets Darby into trouble. Lily feels horrible but as the lie spirals out of control, she doesn't know how she can put things right.
This was such a cute book, in terms of the illustrations as well as the characters and the story. Lily's first person narration was delightful to read and her feelings and thoughts wonderfully conveyed. Through various incidents in the story, the book explores the importance of friendship, loyalty, honesty and empathy.
The illustrations add so much to the book, really bringing both the story and Lily's character to life. It also addresses heavier issues like how a child may feel when their parents are getting a divorce. There are some mentions of the girls having crushes on different characters, in case that's something you want to screen for depending on the level of your child.
Overall a funny, thought-provoking and heartwarming book with some great messages. I really enjoyed it myself and need to check out the first book now.
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