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Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody: The Pelican and His Blimp
The third book in a hilarious anthropomorphic animal school series by multi-award-winning author Patrick Ness; for ages 8, 9, 10, 11
Series: Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody
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The third book in the hilarious Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody series by multi-award-winning author Patrick Ness.When Zeke's archnemesis, Pelicarnassus, begs him for help impressing his super-villain father, Zeke doesn’t know what to do. Can the megalomaniac pelican be trusted?!
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The third book in the hilarious Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody series by multi-award-winning author Patrick Ness.
When Zeke's archnemesis, Pelicarnassus, begs him for help impressing his super-villain father, Zeke doesn’t know what to do. Can the megalomaniac pelican be trusted?!
Series: Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody
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Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody: The Pelican and His Blimp
The third book in the hilarious Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody series by multi-award-winning author Patrick Ness.When Zeke's archnemesis, Pelicarnassus, begs him for help impressing his super-villain father, Zeke doesn’t know what to do. Can the megalomaniac pelican be trusted?!Paperback$1699Elsewhere:$1899Unit price /UnavailableOut 1 Nov 2026Pre-order
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781529534320
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 22 October 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Walker Books Ltd
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Tim Miller
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 270g
Pages: 208
About the Author
Patrick Ness is the award-winning and bestselling author of the Chaos Walking trilogy, which inspired a major motion picture. He is also the author of critically acclaimed novels A Monster Calls, More Than This, Release, The Rest of Us Just Live Here, And the Ocean Was Our Sky and Burn. He has won every major prize in children’s fiction, including the Carnegie Medal twice. He has also written the screenplay for the film version of A Monster Calls and Class, the BBC Doctor Who drama.
Tim Miller is the author-illustrator of Moo Moo in a Tutu, What’s Cooking, Moo Moo?, Tiny Kitty, Big City, and Izzy Paints. He is also the illustrator of Horse Meets Dog by Elliott Kalan, Snappsy the Alligator (Did Not Ask to Be in This Book) and Snappsy the Alligator and His Best Friend Forever! (Probably) by Julie Falatko, Margarash by Mark Riddle, and the middle-grade series Hamstersaurus Rex by Tom O’Donnell.
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