The first book in the bestselling BATTLE OF THE BEETLESseries – perfect for fans of Roald Dahl!Winner of the Branford Boase Award Shortlistedfor the Waterstones Children's Book Prize Shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Children's BookAward Chosen for the Tom Fletcher Book Club'Truly great storytelling.' MICHAEL MORPURGO'Funny, exciting and genuinely eccentric' PHILIPREEVE'Roald Dahl meets 101 Dalmatians in a rollickingride, full of adventure with vivid characters' EXPRESS'By the end, you'll think beetles are the coolest creatureson the planet' TOM FLETCHERDarkus can't believe his eyes when a huge insect drops out ofthe trouser leg of his horrible new neighbour. It's a giant beetle– and it seems to want to communicate.But how can a boy be friends with a beetle? And what does a beetlehave to do with the disappearance of his dad and the arrivalof Lucretia Cutter, with her taste for creepy jewellery? The first book in MG Leonard's acclaimed trilogy, followedby Beetle Queen and Battle of the Beetles!Featuring exotic beetles, a daring quest, a mixture ofbold male and female characters and a truly venomous villainIncludes brilliant illustrations by Julia SardàFrom the author of Hunt for the Golden Scarab,Twitch and the Adventure on Trains series, co-writtenwith Sam Sedgman
