Tilly the Trickster

by Molly Shannon

First published 2011

Tilly loves making trouble. She hands out cups that drip water everywhere. She bakes cookies that taste like minty toothpaste instead of chocolate chips. Her mom gets tricked. Her dad falls for her schemes. Her brother never sees them coming. Even her classmates and teacher become targets for her pranks. Tilly thinks she has everyone figured out. But her family starts plotting behind her back. They cook up schemes of their own. Soon Tilly discovers what it feels like when someone else pulls the tricks. The tables turn completely. Now she must decide whether to keep being the neighborhood troublemaker or find a different way to have fun. Will getting a taste of her own medicine change how Tilly treats the people around her?

Genres: family-life, humor, contemporary

Vibes: thought-provoking, whimsical

Tropes: found-family, role-reversal

32 pages · Hardcover · Harry N. Abrams

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