El Chico Escarabajo by M G Leonard
The glorious start to a middle grade trilogy about a brilliant boy, his loyal friends, and some amazingly intelligent beetles that's perfect for Roald Dahl fans Darkus Cuttle's dad mysteriously goes missing from his job as Director of Science at the Natural History Museum. Vanished without a trace From a locked room So Darkus moves in with his eccentric Uncle Max and next door to Humphrey and Pickering, two lunatic cousins with an enormous beetle infestation. Darkus soon discovers that the beetles are anything but ordinary. They're an amazing, intelligent, super species and they're in danger of being exterminated. It's up to Darkus and his friends to save the beetles. But they're up against an even more terrifying villain -- mad scientist of fashion, haute couture villainess Lucretia Cutter. Lucretia has an alarming interest in insects and dastardly plans for the bugs. She won't let anyone or anything stop her, including Darkus's dad, who she has locked up in her dungeons The beetles and kids join forces to rescue Mr. Cuttle and thwart Lucretia.M.G.Leonard graduated from Kings College London with a BA in English Literature and an MA in Shakespeare Studies. She is the National Theatre's Senior Digital Media Producer and has previously worked at the Royal Opera House and Shakespeare's Globe in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9786077359784 |
| ISBN 10 | 6077359785 |
| Title | El Chico Escarabajo |
| Author | M G Leonard |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Editorial Oceano de Mexico |
| Year published | 2017-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 412 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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