How to Outrun a Crocodile When Your Shoes Are Untied [Paperback]

<p>A 2015 Red Maple Award nominee! "A fun-filled, pitch-perfect book... about the perils of being 12 in a snake-eat-snake world." —<em>Kirkus</em>Starred Review </p><p>Ana Wright's social life is now officially on the endangered list: she lives in a zoo (umm, elephant droppings!?), her best friend lives on the other side of the world, and the Sneerers are making junior high miserable. All Ana wants is to fade into the background.<br>Yeah, that's not going to happen.</p><p><strong>Creature File for Ana Wright:</strong><br><strong>Species Name: </strong>Anaphyta Normalis<br><strong>Kingdom: </strong>The Zoo, Junior High<br><strong>Phylum:</strong>Girls Whose Best Friend Just Moved To New Zealand; Girls Who Are Forced To Live In A Zoo With Their Weirdo Parents And Twin Brother<br><strong>Weight: </strong>Classified<br><strong>Feeds On: </strong>Daydreams about Zackardia Perfecticus and wish cupcakes<br><strong>Life Span: </strong>Soon to become extinct due to social awkwardness</p><p>"A wild romp, filled with humor and heart."—Lisa Schroeder, author of <em>It's Raining Cupcakes</em>and the Charmed Life series</p>"Debut author Keating delivers a fun-filled, pitch-perfect book...Humor, poignancy and fascinating zoological facts infuse the narrative with a warm conversational tone...An amusing, highly readable book about the perils of being 12 in a snake-eat-snake world. (Starred)" - <strong><em>Kirkus</em></strong>""Ana's relationships with her parents and grandfather are a perfect blend of respect and frustration, while her lack of self-confidence will resonate with readers... Recommended for fans of Coco Simon's 'Cupcake Diaries' and Stuart Gibbs's 'FunJungle" series."<br>" - <strong><em>School Library Journal</em>lC