Zandoli and Kabu by Thomas Gingerysty
Zandoli and her best friend a talking lizard named Kabu, who was an escaped science experiment that had gone extremely right, had been living the life of thieves since Zandoli was four years old – she’d come from a long line of thieves and pickpockets, you see. Everything in Zandoli’s life felt perfect until her parents were arrested for attempting to steal from the mayor of their town.