How Lamar's Bad Prank Won a Bubba-Sized Trophy Audiobook

Quotes

• “Crystal Allen has the rare ability to make you laugh out loud one minute and swell with tears the next. The tween book world has a new hero—Lamar Washington—as well as a brilliant new author.”

  — Neal Shusterman, New York Times bestselling author of The Schwa Was Here

• “Under all the braggadocio is a boy with a big heart, and from the first sentence Lamar will have readers hooked.”

  — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

• “Allen has written an engaging and humorous story and created a compelling character in Lamar, whose wonderfully inventive, laugh-out-loud idiosyncratic voice will leave readers wanting to hear more.”

  — Booklist

• “Lamar’s self-aggrandizing narration is fresh, funny, and intriguing…Themes of sibling rivalry, the loss of a mother, knowing one’s limitations, peer pressure and greed are woven throughout the story, resulting in a more mature character than the trash-talking big shot from the beginning. Humorous supporting characters, such as the old women who mother Lamar from their porches as he walks by, are written with heart and add a believable texture to Lamar’s story.”

  — Children’s Literature