| Author | : M.G. Leonard |
| Publisher | : Chicken House |
| Total Pages | : 268 |
| Release | : 2017-04-06 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1911077376 |
Cruel beetle fashionista, Lucretia Cutter, is at large with her yellow ladybird spies - and she has a devious plan. Darkus, Virginia and Bertolt are determined to stop her, but Darkus's dad is dead set against their involvement. Hope rests on Novak, Lucretia's daughter and a Hollywood actress, but the beetle diva is always one scuttle ahead ...
| Author | : M. G. Leonard |
| Publisher | : Scholastic Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 202 |
| Release | : 2019-03-26 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1338285327 |
Darkus and his friends continue their unforgettable adventure in this final installment of the Beetle Boy trilogy. The final installment in the Beetle Boy trilogy!Cruel beetle fashionista Lucretia Cutter is still at large with her yellow ladybird spies. And now that she's brainwashed Darkus's father to stay by her side -- he, Virginia, and Bertolt are determined to stop her... once and for all. The final installment in the Beetle trilogy flies readers to Lucretia's secret Biome hidden in the Amazon rain forest. If they can't stop Lucretia, she will release her hoard of giant Frankenstein beetles, and the planet will never be the same again...Hope rests on an army of beetles and three determined children. Can Darkus and his friends, human and beetle alike, find it before it's too late?
| Author | : M.G. Leonard |
| Publisher | : Chicken House |
| Total Pages | : 336 |
| Release | : 2016-03-03 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1910002984 |
Darkus's dad has disappeared - but his new friend, a giant beetle called Baxter, is some consolation. Together, boy and beetle set out to solve the mystery of his father's disappearance. But Lucretia Cutter - a fashion designer with a penchant for beetle jewellery - is dead set against their success ...
| Author | : M.G. Leonard |
| Publisher | : Scholastic UK |
| Total Pages | : 164 |
| Release | : 2018-09-06 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 1407189573 |
Beetle mania is spreading, thanks to M.G. Leonard's bestselling Beetle Boy trilogy. In the books, Darkus learns all about beetles from an old guide his father had used as a child. Now that book is available for readers everywhere to discover beetle facts for themselves! Hilariously narrated by eccentric entomologist "Monty G Leonard", this lavishly illustrated guide is the perfect starting point for young beetle collectors everywhere. From scary to weird to jaw-droppingly gorgeous, the 60+ species featured in this book are certain to inspire a lifelong love of Coleoptera.
| Author | : M.G. Leonard |
| Publisher | : Chicken House |
| Total Pages | : 792 |
| Release | : 2018-12-06 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1912626179 |
All three books in the bestselling Beetles series by M.G. Leonard! 'Truly great storytelling' Michael Morpurgo 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?
| Author | : Robert Anson Heinlein |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 353 |
| Release | : 1987 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0441783589 |
In a futuristic military adventure a recruit goes through the roughest boot camp in the universe and into battle with the Terran Mobile Infantry in what historians would come to call the First Interstellar War
| Author | : Jack Patton |
| Publisher | : Scholastic Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 71 |
| Release | : 2016-10-11 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 054594516X |
Never leave a bug behind -- Collect all the Battle Bugs books! Look out below!Gliding lizards have taken Bug Island by storm, and the Battle Bugs need Max's help. Fortunately, Max has the perfect plan up his sleeve.To fight the lizards, the bugs will have to take to the air. Max has to organize the butterfly squadrons before their homeland is completely overrun!
| Author | : Benjamin Harper |
| Publisher | : Macmillan + ORM |
| Total Pages | : 260 |
| Release | : 2017-05-02 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1250106605 |
Sarah Hines Stephens and Benjamin Harper's Bug Girl is a funny and action-packed middle-grade superhero adventure with a beautifully designed two color interior and sidebars featuring real bug facts! Amanda Price adores all things bug-related—from spiders to mantises—like, seriously loves them. Unfortunately most of her fellow sixth-graders do not share her invertebrate obsession. They’re grossed out by it. Especially Amanda’s ex-best friend, Emily, who thinks Amanda is creepy weird. But when mysterious invaders menace the town of Oyster Cove and take both Amanda and Emily’s mothers captive, Amanda unexpectedly develops amazing insectile powers! Newly equipped with antennae and a glistening exoskeleton she uncovers a secret that changes everything. Now Amanda has to act fast or her town and her mom are doomed! There’s just one complication...she needs Emily’s help. Suddenly Amanda’s worst enemy becomes her best ally, but working together may be even harder than saving their town from being squashed like a...well... BUG GIRL. She’s got the buzz. Sarah Hines Stephens and Benjamin Harper's Bug Girl is a funny and action-packed superhero adventure filled with green illustrations and sidebars featuring real bug facts! An Imprint Book “Bearing all the campy hallmarks and high drama of a classic superhero romp, this entertaining ... tale also features interesting entomological tidbits throughout.” — Kirkus Reviews “The villain is dastardly, the heroes are staunch, and the costumes are impressive, making this high-quality standard superhero fare with the added bonus of some poignant details of how even the closest friendships may fade amid the social pressures of middle school.” — Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books “Tucks both middle-school fashion advice and insect facts into a tale that scuttles along to a wildly destructive climactic battle.” — Booklist
| Author | : M. G. Leonard |
| Publisher | : Feiwel & Friends |
| Total Pages | : 272 |
| Release | : 2022-02-22 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 125022294X |
In this third book of the middle-grade Adventures on Trains series by M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman, amateur sleuth Hal Beck travels to South Africa with his uncle to a ride a famous train...and stumbles onto a murder mystery! Following his adventure on the California Comet, artist and amateur sleuth Hal Beck is looking forward to another railway journey with Nat, his journalist uncle—this time riding the historic Safari Star through South Africa. Then the already eventful journey becomes even more so when one of their fellow passengers dies on board! Accident . . . or murder? With help from a new friend, Winston (and his mongoose, Chipo), Hal is determined to figure out if a murder has really taken place and, if so, who among a long list of suspects is the killer—all before the Safari Star arrives at its final destination.
