Beetle Boy
by M. G. Leonard
Taste attributes: adventurefamilyfantasyteenfastwholesomeimaginarylinearrescue/escape/jeopardyunlikely connectionshuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeA fast-moving adventure novel that is stylised and wholesome. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
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Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: wholesome · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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5.0 / 5
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About This Book
Darkus Cuttle has taken care of his father ever since his mother died, but one day his father vanished from a locked vault at the Natural History Museum, and now he lives with his eccentric uncle--but one day he finds a large and unusually intelligent and self-aware beetle, and soon he and his two friends are caught up in a struggle to protect an intelligent super species of beetles.
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- Author
- M. G. Leonard
- Published
- 2016
- Pages
- 303
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- Open Library
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