Lija Fisher
Lija Fisher writes humorous adventure novels for kids. Her debut novel, The Cryptid Catcher, was published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. The book received a starred review from Booklist and was a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection. The sequel, The Cryptid Keeper, was a finalist for the Colorado Book Award in juvenile literature and was written while Lija was a Writer in Residence with the Aspen Words/Catto Shaw Foundation. She holds a BFA in Performance Studies from the University of Colorado, Boulder and travels the country speaking at schools, libraries and Bigfoot conferences on the topic Cryptozoology for Kids, which explores the search for (and discovery of) legendary animals.
About the Book:
THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF THE ORDINARY BARNEY FLARFF
Barney Flarff is an ordinary thirteen-year-old without a heroic bone in his body. He even suspects he was born without muscles, though his doctor assures him he has plenty. The only thing he’s good at is reading books. The more adventurous, the better. But when Barney is actually sucked into the pages of a mysterious novel, he quickly discovers the only way home is to become the hero and finish the quest, which will be tough, since Barney runs at the first whiff of danger. But if he doesn’t learn how to fight, he’ll be stuck forever in the Inkworld getting chased by all sorts of creatures, including some Particularly Green Goblins, who really are particularly green.
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