Beetle Boy Contributor(s): Leonard, M. G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 054585346X ISBN-13: 9780545853460 Publisher: Chicken House OUR PRICE: $14.44 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2016 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic - Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2015028492 |
Lexile Measure: 750 |
Series: Beetle Boy |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.6" W x 8.6" (0.80 lbs) 288 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Friendship |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 181366 Reading Level: 4.9 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 9.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The glorious start to a middle grade trilogy about a brilliant boy, his loyal friends, and some amazingly intelligent beetles that's perfect for Roald Dahl fans Darkus Cuttle's dad mysteriously goes missing from his job as Director of Science at the Natural History Museum. Vanished without a trace From a locked room So Darkus moves in with his eccentric Uncle Max and next door to Humphrey and Pickering, two lunatic cousins with an enormous beetle infestation. Darkus soon discovers that the beetles are anything but ordinary. They're an amazing, intelligent, super species and they're in danger of being exterminated. It's up to Darkus and his friends to save the beetles. But they're up against an even more terrifying villain -- mad scientist of fashion, haute couture villainess Lucretia Cutter. Lucretia has an alarming interest in insects and dastardly plans for the bugs. She won't let anyone or anything stop her, including Darkus's dad, who she has locked up in her dungeons The beetles and kids join forces to rescue Mr. Cuttle and thwart Lucretia. |