Telling the Truth About What It Means to Be Human (Or Lizard): A Q& A with Patrick Ness on Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody

I cannot overstate how excited I am about the book we’ll be discussing today.

Now about two weeks ago I had the delight and privilege of sitting in a parade on a float beside artist David Small. In the course of our conversation the topic turned to the current state of children’s publishing today. This allowed me to launch into one of my soapbox speeches. It has always been my belief that one of the delights that comes with the sheer number of books coming out each season is the fact that som...