The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class #5 Wyatt Hill’s Best Friend Is a Lizard

In the innovative KIDS IN MRS. Z’S CLASS series, every book is written by a different all-star author and features a different kid in the same third-grade class. In the fifth book, written by New York Times bestselling author Eliot Schrefer, Wyatt Hill has a stepbrother with a lot of opinions, a stuffed lizard who thinks everything Wyatt wants to say-and the beginnings of a voice that can surprise the whole school, starting with Mrs. Z’s class.

Wyatt Hill is the quiet giant of Mrs. Z’s class-a third-grader who looks like a fifth grader, nearly as tall as Mrs. Z herself. Because of his size, everyone expects him to play sports or be a tough guy, but that isn’t Wyatt’s way. He adores his stuffed lizard, Lizzie, and the lively conversations they share. He notices who’s having a bad day in class and wonders why boys don’t get to play hopscotch, which looks like a very fun game. And he is starting to put words down on paper in a way that might finally express all his thoughts about the world, which are so hard to say out loud.

Wyatt’s always known who he’s SUPPOSED to be, but not who he is. The answer he discovers just might finally unite the boys and girls at recess-and reveal the zany kid who’s been quietly there the whole time, waiting to speak up.