Like the Lion's Tooth, the second novel by Marjorie Kellogg, was first published in 1972. It is the story of dislocated, abused and abandoned children who come together at a school for "problem children" not far from New York City. In that meeting, with the help of each other and well-intentioned if at times misguided staff, they learn ways to cope with a world that is anything but kind to them.

Reception edit

The book received reviews from publications including Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly and The New York Times.[1][2]

Kirkus Reviews said that the novel was "neither as arresting nor as original nor as touchingly lacerating as" Kellogg's first book, Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Kirkus Review: Like the Lion's Tooth". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
  2. ^ "Children's Book Review: Like the Lion's Tooth". Publishers Weekly. August 31, 1992. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
    - "New characters: caring, needing, dreaming, abusing". The New York Times. November 5, 1972. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
    - Saxon, Wolfgang (December 31, 2005). "Marjorie Kellogg, 83, Writer of 'Junie Moon' and Movies, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved April 28, 2019.