Lug, Dawn of the Ice Age

Now in paperback!

A hilarious middle-grade novel about a misunderstood caveboy perfect for fans of Ice Age , Happy Feet , The Time Warp Trio , and Platypus Police Squad .

In Lug's Stone Age clan, a caveboy becomes a caveman by catching a jungle llama and riding it against the rival Boar Rider clan in the Big Game. The thing is, Lug has a forbidden, secret art cave and would rather paint than smash skulls. Because Lug is different, his clan's Big Man is out to get him, he's got a pair of bullies on his case--oh, and the Ice Age is coming.

When Lug is banished frrom the clan for failing to catch a jungle llama, he's forced to team up with Stony, a silent Neanderthal with a very expressive unibrow, and Echo (a Boar Rider girl!). In a world experiencing some serious global cooling, these misfits must protect their feuding clans from the impending freeze and a particularly unpleasant pride of migrating tigers.

Praise for Lug:
" Lug makes the ice age sizzle!" -- Gordon Korman, #1 New York Times best-selling author of The 39 Clues and Swindle series

"A prehistoric tale kids will devour like T. Rex on a brontosaurus bone!" --Patrick Carman, New York Times best-selling author of Floors , The Land of Elyon , and Skeleton Creek

"Fred Flintstone would feel right at home in this light-as-pumice comedy." -- KIRKUS REVIEWS

Illustrated with black-and-white line art throughout.