Battle of the Beetles – serie

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

The second book in the BATTLE OF THE BEETLES series –perfect for fans of Roald Dahl!'Truly great storytelling.' MICHAEL MORPURGOon BEETLE BOY'I predict Beetle-mania' THE TIMES on BEETLEBOY'Roald Dahl meets 101 Dalmatians in a rollickingride, full of adventure with vivid characters' EXPRESSon BEETLE BOYCruel beetle fashionista, Lucretia Cutter, is at large with heryellow ladybird spies.When Darkus, Virginia and Bertolt discover further evidence ofher evil, they're determined to stop her. But the three friendsare in trouble.Darkus' dad has forbidden them to investigate any further –and disgusting crooks Humphrey and Pickering are out of prison.Hope rests on Novak, Lucretia's daughter and a Hollywood actress,but the beetle diva is always one scuttle ahead ... The second book in MG Leonard's acclaimed trilogy, followedby Battle of the Beetles!Featuring exotic beetles, a daring quest, a mixture ofbold male and female characters and a truly venomous villainThe story follows Darkus, Bertolt and Virginia –and their beetle pals – asthey investigatethe wicked ‘Beetle Queen’ LucretiaFrom the author of the Adventure on Trains series,co-written with Sam Sedgman