Beetle Boy

by Leonard, M.G. | Interest age: from c 10 years
Published 03/03/2016 by Chicken House Ltd in the United Kingdom as part of The Battle of the Beetles series
Paperback | 336 pages
131 x 199 x 26mm | 244g

The first book in the bestselling BATTLE OF THE BEETLES

series – perfect for fans of Roald Dahl!

Winner of the Branford Boase Award 2017Shortlisted

for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2017Shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Children's

Book Award 2016Chosen for the Tom Fletcher Book Club

'Truly great storytelling.' MICHAEL MORPURGO

'Funny, exciting and genuinely eccentric' PHILIP

REEVE

'Roald Dahl meets 101 Dalmatians in a rollicking

ride, full of adventure with vivid characters' EXPRESS

'By the end, you'll think beetles are the coolest creatures

on the planet' TOM FLETCHER

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

– and it seems to want to communicate.

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?

The first book in MG Leonard's acclaimed trilogy, followed

by Beetle Queen and Battle of the Beetles!

Featuring exotic beetles, a daring quest, a mixture of

bold male and female characters and a truly venomous villain

Includes brilliant illustrations by Julia Sardà

From the author of Twitch and the Adventure

on Trains series, co-written with Sam Sedgman