Beetle Boy

by M G Leonard

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?

Themes

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  • Neglect
  • Broken Family
  • Foster Home
  • Bullying
  • Crime
  • Friendship
  • Insects
  • Weather

Beetle Boy, Beetle Queen text © M.G. Leonard
Covers © Chicken House 2016, 2017
Illustrated by Julia Sardà, designed by Helen Crawford-White Reproduced with permission of Chicken House Ltd.
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