Book #1

Lemon
Lizard

The Sour Stone

Once upon a time, there was a lizard named Lizzy. But instead of calling her Lizzy, everybody called her Lemon Lizard, or Lemon Lizzy, because she really loved lemons. Lizzy would eat at least one lemon each day. Lizzy's friends liked fruit too, but they didn't like the same fruit as her. Lizzy's best friend Zara liked strawberries. Ellie liked oranges. Maddie liked blueberries. Emma liked kiwis. Lizzy lived in a town called Fruit Town — and Fruit Town had the freshest, tastiest fruit Lizzy and her friends had ever tasted.

Lemon Lizard

Lizzy loved lemons so much that every time she went to the supermarket, she would buy one hundred lemons to eat at home. Lizzy also liked other sour stuff, but she liked lemons the most. Lemons were Lizzy's favourite food.

Lizzy was a pretty pink and blue lizard, but one day she ate too many lemons and her skin started to turn yellow and green. Lizzy did not notice that until one of her friends told her — she hadn't noticed because she was too busy eating lemons.

Lemon Lizard

At first, Lizzy was worried about her skin changing colours, but after a few days she wasn't worried anymore. This was because Lizzy realized her friends' skin was also changing colour. Their skin was changing into the colour of the fruit they liked.

Zara's skin was turning red and pink. Ellie's skin was turning blue and yellow. Maddie's skin was turning orange. Emma's skin was turning blue and black. And Lizzy's skin was turning light green and teal.

A Magical Discovery

One day, Lizzy and her friends were playing hide-and-seek. Lizzy was the seeker, and the seeker had to tag the hiders in order to win. Lizzy found Zara, who was running away — but Lizzy was fast, and she tagged her.

When Lizzy tagged Zara, Zara was confused and shocked. She had become a lemon! That was when Lizzy figured out that she had magical powers!

A Midnight Visitor

The next day, while she was sleeping, Lizzy heard a weird noise saying her name. Was she imagining this? Was it real? Lizzy woke up and checked the time. It was midnight.

Suddenly, an elderly lizard flew into Lizzy's room. Lizzy recognized this lizard right away — it was the president of Fruit Town! The president told her that she wasn't an ordinary lizard, and neither were her friends. She was meant to be a hero!

The First Gem

The president of Fruit Town also told her that her friends were meant to be heroes too! Lizzy was very excited and asked the president when they were going to have their first mission.

The president said that for now, they were only training to be heroes, because they were too young. Then the president handed Lizzy a yellow and green gem. It gave her more special powers!

Rescuing Zara

When Lizzy woke up the next morning, she realized that she had forgotten to do something about Zara! Lizzy was worried and ran to where they had been playing hide-and-seek. She looked all over the place. Sure enough, Zara was still there — and she was still a lemon! People thought Zara was a statue and were taking pictures of her.

Lizzy flew through the crowd of people. Lizzy realized that she could fly! She landed in front of Zara, and it took her a long time to figure out how to…

Two Gems

…save Zara. But Lizzy eventually used the right power and saved her. Zara was very happy that Lizzy rescued her — she could've been a lemon forever! Zara also had special powers. She showed Lizzy her special gem. It was red and pink. Lizzy showed Zara her gem too.

Suddenly, while they were talking, the president showed up again. This time, he told them that they had their first practice tomorrow, and that Ellie and Maddie would be there too. The two of them got very excited. Then the president told Lizzy something that got her very excited. The…

The Chosen One

…president told Lizzy that she was the chosen one, and that she was meant to be a big hero when she was older!

The next day, when Lizzy woke up, she got so excited that she went to practice right away. When Lizzy arrived at practice, she saw all her friends there! Zara, Maddie, Ellie, and Emma were all there, and the president was there too, to teach them some skills they needed. The president said that this was their first and only long practice. They started off with some stretches to warm up. Then they did an obstacle course. It was fun!

Hero Training

But the skills got harder from there. The practice lasted the whole day, from morning to night. They practiced lots of cool skills like flying, gymnastics, martial arts, and acrobatics, and they even played a game of dodgeball to practice dodging. Lizzy knew that all these skills would be useful for when she became a hero.

But before practice ended, the president taught them how to use their powers. While they were doing this, they discovered that they had hundreds of cool and useful fruit powers. Lizzy knew that one day she would become a big hero — and she would become famous!

Officially a Hero

The next morning, Lizzy woke up to some weird noises that sounded like someone shooting a gun. Lizzy looked outside the window and saw the president fighting someone in a black mask who looked evil. Lizzy really wanted to become a hero, so she rushed out the door to help the president. But the president said that she was too young.

Lizzy wanted to become a hero more than anything, so she begged the president until he said yes. When Lizzy could finally help, she used her lemon powers to turn the evil guy into a lemon! The president was so proud that he gave Lizzy her own cape,…

Her First Mission

…mask, and gloves! The president even said that Lizzy was officially a hero! Lizzy was so happy. So Lizzy went out to find her own mission. She looked all day until she finally found one.

There was a strange-looking button there that Lizzy had never seen before. Lizzy decided to press the button — but it was the wrong choice. She had fallen into a pit full of spikes! Luckily, she had acted quick enough and turned the spikes into lemons. But suddenly, an evil guy appeared, and Lizzy had no choice. She had to fight him!

Too Powerful

Lizzy tried to turn him into a lemon, but the evil guy blocked her powers. Then Lizzy tried to use one of her powers to call her friends — and it worked! Her friends had all come over!

She and her friends tried to fight the bad guy, but he had blocked every single one of their powers. He was just too powerful! Lizzy wanted to just give up and go home, but then she thought that good heroes don't give up. She kept using her powers. She decided she could use her lemon stink bomb to…

One Big Hero

…fight the bad guy. So she tried, but it did not work. The evil guy blocked it with his magical shield! Lizzy thought that he was unstoppable, until she had an idea: she and her friends could transform into one big hero to defeat him.

So Lizzy told her friends the plan, and her friends thought it was great. They eventually figured out how to transform, and when they transformed, their powers mixed together — so now they had all the powers. They used all their powers at the same time and eventually defeated the evil guy!

The Sour Stone

Then they told the president their story. The president was so proud of them that he gave Lizzy's friends their own hero costumes, and they each got their own hero certificate.

The president also gave Lizzy something extra special, called the Sour Stone. This would give her more special lemon powers.

The End

From the back cover

Lizzy loves lemons. But lemon powers would be way cooler, right? What will happen when Lizzy discovers that she is meant to be a hero? Will being a hero be fun for Lizzy?

A story by Caryn Lu · Lemon Lizard, Book #1