{"id":13428,"date":"2022-06-23T20:54:16","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T20:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popupbookshop.net\/product\/beetle-boy-book-1\/"},"modified":"2022-09-05T17:49:15","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T17:49:15","slug":"beetle-boy-book-1","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/popupbookshop.net\/product\/beetle-boy-book-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Beetle Boy (Book 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first book in the bestselling BATTLE OF THE BEETLES series \u2013 perfect for fans of Roald Dahl!<\/p>\n

‘Funny, exciting and genuinely eccentric’ PHILIP REEVE<\/p>\n

‘Roald Dahl meets 101 Dalmatians in a rollicking ride, full of adventure with vivid characters’ EXPRESS<\/p>\n

‘By the end, you’ll think beetles are the coolest creatures on the planet’ TOM FLETCHER<\/p>\n

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 \u2013 and it seems to want to communicate.<\/p>\n

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?<\/p>\n

The first book in MG Leonard’s acclaimed trilogy, followed by Beetle Queen and Battle of the Beetles!
\nFeaturing exotic beetles, a daring quest, a mixture of bold male and female characters and a truly venomous villain.<\/p>\n

Includes brilliant illustrations by Julia Sard\u00e0. From the author of Twitch and the Adventure on Trains series, co-written with Sam Sedgman.<\/p>\n

Chicken House<\/p>\n

Read them all\u2026<\/h2>\n

View series: Battle of the Beetles<\/a><\/p>\n

View all books by this author: M.G. Leonard<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Winner of the Branford Boase Award<\/p>\n

Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize<\/p>\n

Shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Children’s Book Award<\/p>\n

Chosen for the Tom Fletcher Book Club<\/p>\n

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