<p><strong>What would middle school be like if you lived in a zoo? </strong>Just ask Ana Wright, star of the hilarious, award-nominated My Life is A Zoo series that combines first crushes, friendship fails...and pack dynamics.</p><p>Surprise! Ana's long distance BFF is finally coming back to visit. But with her purple hair and new attitude, Liv is barely the girl Ana remembers. This new Liv probably thinks a birthday party at the zoo is lame. Maybe if Ana has a super-secret sleepover instead, she'd never have to introduce Liv to Ashley, former enemy and now Ana's best-ish friend. What could go wrong?</p><p><strong>Creature File for Liv:</strong><br><strong>Species Name: </strong>Best Frendicus <br><strong>Kingdom:</strong> New Zealand<br><strong>Phylum: </strong>girl who used to be Ana Wright's best friend, girl who used to like getting milkshakes at Shaken, Not Stirred<br><strong>Feeds on:</strong> video chats with Leilani, attention from boys<br><strong>Life span: </strong>undetermined, but if things keep going the way they are, the lifespan of Ana and Liv, BFFs isn't going to be the &quot;forever&quot; they thought...</p><p>Jess Keating combines the quirky humor and animal-centric plots of Carl Hiaasen with the awkward adolescent antics of Lauren Myracle in this fresh new middle grade series!</p><p><strong>Praise for <em>How to Outrun a Crocodile When Your Shoes Are Untied</em> (My Life is a Zoo Book 1):</strong><br>2015 Red Maple Award nominee<br>2015-2016 Georgia Children's Book Award nominee<br>&quot;Keating delivers a fun-filled, pitch-perfect book...about the perils of being 12 in a snake-eat-snake world.&quot;<em>Kirkus</em> STARRED Review <br>&quot;Life is literally a zoo for shy twelve-year-old Anna, who is trying to avoid seventh-grade bullies while hiding that her family lives among crocodiles and elephants.&quot;<em>Los Angeles Times</em><br>&quot;A menagerie of laugh-out-loud antics.&quot; —Anna Staniszewski, author of <em>The Dirt Diary</em><br>&quot;A wild romp, filled with humor and heart.&quot; ~ Lisa Schroeder, author of <em>It's Raining Cupcakes</em></p>