This
is the third book in the Elizabella series by author-illustrator sisters
Zoe and Georgia Norton-Lodge.
In
this book, Elizabella and her class are off to a school camp to Lizard Lake,
which promises lots of opportunity for our prank-loving girl and her bestie to
have fun.
Elizabella’s beloved lizard, Larry, is totally on board and stows
away into her luggage, delighted at the possibility of meeting new lizards -
after all, they’re off to Lizard Lake. Maybe he will make the camp his new
home.
Back at home, though, Elizabella’s family are frantic at his
disappearance, searching wildly for the missing lizard, appalled that he went
missing on their watch.
Totally
oblivious to the mayhem they left behind, Elizabella and Larry are having a
great time. But there is a mystery to be solved – something strange and spooky
is happening on the lake at night time.
And the camp seems to be short one
counsellor. Elizabella is totally ready to sneak out and investigate.
There
is lots of humour here, with a few jibes directed towards the positivity
movement, with the eccentric camp counsellors being hellbent on turning
everything, especially misdemeanours by the kids, into an opportunity for
positive thinking.
Overall, a
rollicking tale featuring the sorts of things kids would love to have actually
happening on school camps.
Title: Elizabella and the Haunting
of Lizard Lake
Author: Zoe Norton Lodge
Illustrator: Georgia Norton Lodge
Publisher: Walker Books Australia,
$14.99
Publication
Date: 1
April 2020
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781760651855
For
ages: 8 – 12
Type: Junior Fiction
