Author: Leonard, M.G.
Interest age: from c 10 years
Published on 3 March 2016 by Chicken House Ltd in the United Kingdom as part of 'The Battle of the Beetles' series.
Paperback | 336 pages
131 x 199 x 26 | 236g
The first book in the bestselling BATTLE OF THE BEETLES
series – perfect for fans of Roald Dahl!
Winner of the Branford Boase Award 2017Shortlisted
for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2017Shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Children's
Book Award 2016Chosen for the Tom Fletcher Book Club
'Truly great storytelling.' MICHAEL MORPURGO
'Funny, exciting and genuinely eccentric' PHILIP
REEVE
'Roald Dahl meets 101 Dalmatians in a rollicking
ride, full of adventure with vivid characters' EXPRESS
'By the end, you'll think beetles are the coolest creatures
on the planet' TOM FLETCHER
Darkus can't believe his eyes when a huge insect drops out of
the 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 beetle
have to do with the disappearance of his dad and the arrival
of Lucretia Cutter, with her taste for creepy jewellery?
The first book in MG Leonard's acclaimed trilogy, followed
by Beetle Queen and Battle of the Beetles!
Featuring exotic beetles, a daring quest, a mixture of
bold male and female characters and a truly venomous villain
Includes brilliant illustrations by Julia Sard?
From the author of Twitch and the Adventure
on Trains series, co-written with Sam Sedgman