The Big Five Save the Lions!

From David Isaacman of TV’s Love on the Spectrum comes a new beginner chapter book about friendship, bravery, and caring for animals.

Ten-year-old David and his group of friends are spending a familiar day at the beach when a group of sea lions offshore begin to fall ill. It’s not just them. Seems all the animals at the San Diego Zoo next door – including David’s beloved lions – are getting sick, too!

While David’s brainy sister Aubrey and their scientist uncle Ned try to figure out what could be causing all this sickness, David and his friends accidentally stumble into the answer themselves after finding a magical backpack at the zoo giftshop. Before they know it, the group falls through the backpack and is propelled through a portal to Africa where they are transformed into a superhero group- the Big Five – that must use their bond, their will, and their neurodiversity to stop a supervillain eager to rid the world of its animal population. Will the Big Five be able to stop him before it’s too late?!

Jam-packed with action, adventure, humour, and heart, The Big Five Saves the Lions is a standalone story for newly independent readers. Part of the proceeds from the first printing of the book will go to Lions Tigers & Bears, an animal sanctuary in San Diego, California.

David’s journey navigating autism began when he was diagnosed at 3 years old. He is part of a set of triplets and when he wasn’t speaking like his two sisters were, his parents brought him in for an evaluation. They were advised to assess him for autism. At 4 he was enrolled in the Lovaas program at UCLA and had many years of speech and occupational therapy. David has become the man that he is today through many years of receiving these services and lots of hard work. He graduated high school in 2014 and went on to get employed with Beverly Hills City Hall’s HR department where he is celebrating his 6th work anniversary. After work, he enjoys being a member of the award winning Miracle Project where he loves to sing and perform. His first appearance on Netflix was in the show Atypical and later in the Emmy award winning series Love on the Spectrum U.S., which is where he met his beautiful girlfriend Abbey. He also enjoys being an influencer, in which he loves sharing with his followers snippets of his everyday life and his passions which include: his synesthesia (seeing numbers as colors), his passion for wildlife (especially the African animals), and more.