Pat Schmatz is the author of Bluefish, which garnered three starred reviews. In one, School Library Journal said the book has all the hallmarks of a classic and is packed with memorable and believable characters and powered by the prospect of redemption. About Lizard Radio, the author says, I keep a notepad with sketches and ideas and one day, a lonely lizard wearing headphones came out of my pencil. The young lizard was desperate to pick up a signal and from that moment on, so was I. When I tuned in, I found this story. Pat Schmatz lives in Wisconsin.
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Thirteen-year-old Travis has a secret: he can't read. But a shrewd teacher and a sassy girl are about to change everything in this witty and deeply moving novel.Travis is missing his old home in the country, and he's missing his old hound, Rosco. Now ther... SEE MORE