The Battle of the Beetles
3 primary works • 4 total works
Book 1
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
'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?
- perfect for fans of Roald Dahl!
Winner of the Branford
Boase Award
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book
Prize
'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?
Book 2
The second book in the BATTLE OF THE BEETLES series –
perfect for fans of Roald Dahl!
'Truly great storytelling.' MICHAEL MORPURGO
on BEETLE BOY
'I predict Beetle-mania' THE TIMES on BEETLE
BOY
'Roald Dahl meets 101 Dalmatians in a rollicking
ride, full of adventure with vivid characters' EXPRESS
on BEETLE BOY
Cruel beetle fashionista, Lucretia Cutter, is at large with her
yellow ladybird spies.
When Darkus, Virginia and Bertolt discover further evidence of
her evil, they're determined to stop her. But the three friends
are in trouble.
Darkus' dad has forbidden them to investigate any further –
and disgusting crooks Humphrey and Pickering are out of prison.
Hope rests on Novak, Lucretia's daughter and a Hollywood actress,
but the beetle diva is always one scuttle ahead ...
The second book in MG Leonard's acclaimed trilogy, followed
by Battle of the Beetles!
Featuring exotic beetles, a daring quest, a mixture of
bold male and female characters and a truly venomous villain
The story follows Darkus, Bertolt and Virginia –
and their beetle pals – as
they investigate
the wicked ‘Beetle Queen’ Lucretia
From the author of the Adventure on Trains series,
co-written with Sam Sedgman
Book 3
The final book in the bestselling BATTLE OF THE BEETLES series!
'Truly
great storytelling.' MICHAEL MORPURGO on BEETLE
BOY
From a secret Biome in the jungle, Lucretia Cutter
plans to wreak wickedness on the world unless Darkus, Virginia
and Bertolt can find a way to stop her. If they fail, she'll mass
an army of giant Frankenstein beetles - and the planet will never
be the same again.
Humanity is under siege. The future depends
on three children and their beetles . . .
'Truly
great storytelling.' MICHAEL MORPURGO on BEETLE
BOY
From a secret Biome in the jungle, Lucretia Cutter
plans to wreak wickedness on the world unless Darkus, Virginia
and Bertolt can find a way to stop her. If they fail, she'll mass
an army of giant Frankenstein beetles - and the planet will never
be the same again.
Humanity is under siege. The future depends
on three children and their beetles . . .
All three books in M.G. Leonard's spectacular 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
'Truly great storytelling.' MICHAEL MORPURGO
'I predict Beetle-mania' THE TIMES
'Roald Dahl meets 101 Dalmatians in a rollicking
ride, full of adventure with vivid characters' EXPRESS
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
Heartfelt themes underlie the adventure, as Darkus strives
to find his missing dad and makes new meaningful relationships
in the process
From the author of the Adventure on Trains series,
co-written with Sam Sedgman