Winner of the Branford Boase Award

'Truly great storytelling.' MICHAEL MORPURGO

'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?

All three titles in MG Leonard’s acclaimed trilogy, Beetle Boy,
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.