Best Buds Under Frogs

Written & illustrated by Leslie Patricelli

Part of the The Rizzlerunk Club series

Lily's lie about the class rat spirals, threatening her friendship and conscience.

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288 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Lily's first day at a new school is a disaster until she meets Darby, a quirky friend with a knack for lying. When Lily accidentally harms the class rat, she hides the truth, feeling guilt gnawing at her. As her lie grows, so does the tension in her friendship with Darby. Can Lily find the courage to confess before it's too late? Join the RizzleRunk Club's adventures filled with mishaps, friendship tests, and the challenge of honesty.

From the publisher

Ten years after Leslie Patricelli’s first board book took the toddler world by storm, she ventures into a new genre with an offbeat and funny illustrated middle-grade novel. Lily is pretty lucky. She made a friend on the first day at her new school–even after she barfed on the playground–and now she and Darby are the only two members of the RizzleRunk Club. Darby is fun. She tells funny stories, she likes to catch frogs, and there’s lots of junk food at her house. Darby is good at lots of things, too. Especially lying. Which Lily isn’t. She gets that ants-under-her-skin feeling when she even thinks about doing it. But sometimes telling the truth is just too hard, so when Lily accidently does something to the class rat that she’s afraid to admit, she denies it. Soon the lie feels like something awful sitting in the bottom of her stomach. Will Lily find a way to let it out?

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