The Kids in Mrs. Zs Class Wyatt Hil..., Eliot Schrefer
The Kids in Mrs. Zs Class Wyatt Hil..., Eliot Schrefer
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The Kids in Mrs. Z's Class: Wyatt Hill Brings a Lizard to School

Author: Eliot Schrefer

Series: Kids in Mrs. Z's Class #5

Narrator: Dan Bittner

Unabridged: 1 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/11/2025


Synopsis

Meet the kids in Mrs. Z’s wacky and wonderful third-grade class! Wyatt Hill has a stepbrother with a lot of opinions, a stuffed lizard who knows everything Wyatt wants to say, and the beginnings of a voice that might end up surprising the whole school.
 
Nobody knows anything about Wyatt Hill. He’s the quiet giant of Mrs. Z’s class, sure . . . but his classmates wonder what is he like? What does he like? What does he do? (Does he play the ukelele?) And it often seems like his stepbrother and stepsister don’t get him either.
 
But Wyatt knows who he is. He adores his stuffed lizard, Lizzie, and the lively conversations they share. He notices who’s having a bad day and thinks about why the boys and girls in Mrs. Z’s class don’t play together at recess. He’s starting to put words down on paper to express all the things he feels inside.
 
And when quiet Wyatt decides to speak up, it just might cause a revolution—on the playground and at home.  
 
Both sweetly poignant and laugh-out-loud funny, with black-and-white illustrations by Pura Belpré Honor artist Kat Fajardo, Wyatt’s story invites readers into Mrs. Z’s class where friendship and fun rule the school, from New York Times bestselling author Eliot Schrefer.
 
Perfect for!
★ My Weirdtastic School fans
★ Reluctant readers
★ Classroom read-alouds
★ Andrew Clements fans
★ Lizard lovers
★ Aspiring writers
 
Read them all! The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class have plenty of stories to share!
Emma McKenna, Full out (#1)
Rohan Murthy Has a Plan (#2)
Poppy Song Bakes a Way (#3)
The Legend of Memo Castillo (#4) 
Ayana Ndoum Takes the Stage (#6) 
Olive Little Gets Crafty (#7)
Synclaire Fields Knows the Score (#8)
Theo Chang is Not a Cat (#9) — available for preorder now!
Thunder Nelson Does the Impossumble (#10) — available for preorder now!
Sebastian Metzger Solves a Sticky Situation (#11) — available for preorder now!
Fia Hosein Finds Her Beat (#12) — available for preorder now!

*The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class is an innovative series where every book is written by a different all-star author and features a different kid in the same third-grade class. They can be read in any order!

About Eliot Schrefer

Eliot Schrefer is the New York Times bestselling author of many books for kids and teens, including The Darkness Outside Us and its sequel, The Brightness Between Us, as well as Charming Young Man, Endangered, and Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality. His books have twice been named finalists for the National Book Award in Young People’s Literature and have garnered a Printz Honor, a Stonewall Honor, and the Green Earth Book Award. He is on the faculty of the creative writing MFA programs at Hamline University and Fairleigh Dickinson University and lives with his husband in New York City. Visit him online at eliotschrefer.com. 


Reviews

Goodreads review by Alicia on May 18, 2025

Wyatt is odd and the book is a little odd. Wyatt has his stuffed animal pet Lizard that is a friend to him because he's a bit of a quiet kid. And his siblings tell him he needs to keep the lizard Lizzie at home because it'll be weird to bring it. But he ends up mixing things up at school when the th......more