Beetle Boy

Author: M.G. Leonard

Interest age: from c 10 years

Published on 3 March 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 26 | 234g

The first book in the bestselling BATTLE OF THE BEETLES

series – perfect for fans of Roald Dahl!

Winner of the Branford Boase Award Shortlisted

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

Award Chosen 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 Hunt for the Golden Scarab,

Twitch and the Adventure on Trains series, co-written

with Sam Sedgman