Boss of the Underworld: Shirley vs the Green Menace

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This graphic novel is the story of how Shirley became the Boss of The Underworld and it’s very, very funny. 

Told in comic strip style with around 5 or 6 cartoons per page, it’s super easy and engaging to read, the illustrations often adding additional turns to the story and certainly a lot of humour!  

Shirley falls down a manhole into a weird underworld (there are definite Alice in Wonderland vibes). She is heralded as the ‘chosen one’ by the creatures who live down there, including George, a child-sized cockroach. They say it’s written on scrolls and cave paintings that Shirley is chosen to save their world and vanquish the boss of the underworld: The Green Menace and his goons.  

So reluctant hero Shirley goes on the quest, with cockroach George. The journey is perilous, including a meeting with a scary fortune teller and nearly getting eaten in a Hansel and Gretel-type experience (the outwitting in the end is side splitting). We also hear George’s origin story. But the biggest surprise of all is the identity of the Boss of the Underworld and how he got there.   

If there is ever a book to get reluctant readers and ALL readers reading and loving it, it’s this one. The whole book is perfectly hilarious in every way. The best news is there’s going to be a sequel. Perfect for Bunny Vs Monkey fans.  

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