Book 1

Night of the Living Veg

by Philip Reeve

Published 19 July 2002
Buster Bayliss is being forced to stay at his Fake Auntie Pauline's
house in the flowery spare bedroom while his mum's away - it's
a fate worse than death. Probably. Anyway, Buster is just about
to find out for sure, as Smogley is being overrun with giant, man-eating,
alien vegetables. Is Buster too weakened by the wallpaper
torture to resist the alien advance?

Book 2

The Big Freeze

by Philip Reeve

Published 19 July 2002
Buster is not happy. Somebody, or something, is spoiling a perfectly
good summer holiday by invading Smogley (again!). Don't they
know that Buster has better things to do? He has a full schedule
of not-going-to-school, biscuit-eating and Busterball. He doesn't
have time to save the world from rampaging ice-freaks - really,
they could have asked.

The second in the hilarious series from MORTAL ENGINES author, Philip
Reeve.

Book 3

Day of the Hamster

by Philip Reeve

Published 15 November 2002
Buster longs for a quiet life, but weird stuff just keeps happening
in Smogley...

HEEELLLP! There's a giant, crazy hamster - and it's coming straight
for Buster!

Hamsters - small, cute and cuddly... Except when you feed them weird
brown gloopy stuff and they're cute, cuddly and the size of a
house. Buster Bayliss is in really big trouble this time...

The third in the hilarious series from Philip Reeve, the critically-acclaimed,

Book 4

Custardfinger

by Philip Reeve

Published 6 June 2003
It's time for Buster to save the world yet again, this time from
Myrtle Burtle, his school dinner lady. Myrtle has plans for world
domination by means of custard, and she's armed and dangerous...


The fourth book in a hilarious series by the author of MORTAL ENGINES,
Philip Reeve.