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Mega Robo Bros: Double Threat

by Neill Cameron

Interest age: 8 to 11
Reading age: 8+

Published by David Fickling Books, 2021

  • Adventure
  • Comic books
  • Funny
  • Graphic novels
  • Science fiction

About this book

Being the most advanced robots on the planet isn't always as cool as it sounds. You still have to go to school and clothes shopping with your Mum; and there's no escape from bulling either.

But when a Mega-Robo emergency is declared, Alex and Freddy snap into action and seem to save the day once again with their superhero skills and enhanced weaponry.

But far beneath the ground in the tunnels of London's old tube network, defunct and discarded robots are being rescued and repaired. And some of them are out for revenge – on mankind and on the Mega-Robo Bros themselves.

Amidst the massive mechanoid fights, explosions and laser battles, this fourth adventure for the Mega Robo Bros once again asks thoughtful questions about what makes us human and features its customary, inclusive cast of diverse characters.

Many interesting ideas about gender, sibling relationships, humanity and even definitions of right and wrong have a role alongside the spectacular robot battles that practically leap out of the pages.

Illustrations are bold, atmospheric and bursting with energy and there are plenty of laughs along the way. Even readers who wouldn't normally choose a comic book will have fun with this mega-adventure.

About the author

Neill Cameron is a cartoonist and writer, creator of the comic books Mega Robo BrosMo-Bot High, The Pirates of Pangaea  (with Daniel Hartwell), Tamsin and the Deep (with Kate Brown), and the instructional How To Make Awesome Comics. Since 2011 his work has appeared in the weekly children’s comic The Phoenix. In 2016 Mega Robo Bros and Tamsin and the Deep were both shortlisted for the British Comics Awards. In 2017, Mega Robo Bros won the Excelsior Award Jr, a national comic award voted for by school and library reading groups across the UK. In 2018 it was also chosen as one of the best children's comics of the year by both the New York Public Library and the Schools Library Journal.

Neill also works as an artist-in-residence at The Story Museum in Oxford, where he contributed several large-scale comic strip installations and continues to be involved in comics-based education and activities, including running a monthly Comics Club group for young cartoonists.

Neill frequently travels the country giving workshops in schools, libraries and at festivals, and is a passionate advocate for the role comics can play in developing literacy skills and encouraging children’s creativity.

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