Title overview
The first book in the bestselling BATTLE OF THE BEETLESseries – perfect for fans of Roald Dahl! Winner of the Branford Boase Award 2017Shortlistedfor the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2017
Shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Children’sBook Award 2016
Chosen for the Tom Fletcher Book Club MICHAEL MORPURGO PHILIPREEVE EXPRESS TOM FLETCHER
Darkus 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 villain
- Includes brilliant illustrations by Julia Sard?
- From the author of Twitch and the Adventureon Trains series, co-written with Sam Sedgman
