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Bringing nature into a library 21/04/24
Beetle Boy
(5 reviews with an average rating of 4 out of 5)
Publisher: Chicken House
When Darkus' father, Dr Bartholomew Cuttle, mysteriously disappears from London’s Natural History Museum, Darkus has to move in with his rather odd Uncle Max AND change schools.
His new next-door neighbours, the peculiar cousins Humphrey and Pickering, are so messy that they have a beetle infestation in their attic, which is growing in a mound of mouldy teacups.
One particularly spectacular (and intelligent) rhinoceros beetle befriends Darkus, and helps him on his quest to save his father from the evil Lucretia Cutter: a mad scientist with terrifying plans!
Beetle Boy will make you look at beetles in a new light. It’s a wonderfully funny and engaging book, which is full of action, adventure and delightful illustrations. Perfect for fans of Roald Dahl.
Winner of the Branford Boase Award 2017.
What you thought...
Average rating:
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pepe, 15 February 2023
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Very nice book. I couldn't stop reading it. :) the author is amazing
Robot 1, 16 June 2022
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it was good
Charlie, 25 February 2021
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it is to long
Jason, 20 April 2020
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I bought this book for my grandson, then realised he was a little too young for it yet so read it myself. I loved the story a immediately bought the next two books in the series as I really wanted to know what happened next. A brilliant trilogy, which I highly recommend.
Sylvia, 20 October 2019
love it