Synopses & Reviews
It's time for Lily, Katie, and Jasper to head home from their exciting Delaware adventure, but the Awful Autarch's spies and goons are everywhere, and it's clear that *they* have other plans for our three intrepid heroes. andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Chock full of ups, downs, twists, turns, and even a band of sentient lobsters fighting on the side of Good, this fourth installment of the Pals in Peril series is every bit as wild, wacky, and wonderfully outrageous as the first three.
Synopsis
In the zany and humorous fourth book of National Book Award winner M.T. Anderson's Pals in Peril series, Jasper Dash and his friends must escape the clutches of The Awful Autarch Having mopped up their last crime-fighting caper, our three heroes--Lily Gefelty, Katie Mulligan, and Jasper Dash, Boy Technonaut--are eager to get home. But the secret police in the war-torn realm of fantasy where the three kids are trapped (the state of Delaware) don't want them going anywhere. Our dynamic trio knows way too much about the whereabouts of certain fabulous treasures to escape the grip of Delaware's Ministry of Silence. So, chums, it's a race to the border of New Jersey against spies and government agents and double-crossers...That is, if our heroes make it home alive
Chock full of ups, downs, twists, turns, a shark pit. and even a band of sentient lobsters fighting on the side of Good, this fourth installment of the Pals in Peril series is every bit as wild, wacky, and wonderfully outrageous as the first three.
About the Author
M.T. Anderson is the author of the Pals in Peril series; andlt;iandgt;The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothingandlt;/iandgt;, which won the National Book Award; andlt;iandgt;The Game of Sunken Placesandlt;/iandgt;; andlt;iandgt;Burger Wussandlt;/iandgt;; andlt;iandgt;Thirstyandlt;/iandgt;; and andlt;iandgt;Feedandlt;/iandgt;, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, a andlt;iandgt;Boston Globe-Horn Bookandlt;/iandgt; Honor Book, and the winner of the andlt;iandgt;Los Angeles Timesandlt;/iandgt; Book Award for Young Adults. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts. Visit him at MT-Anderson.com.Kurt Cyrus has illustrated numerousandnbsp;acclaimed picture books celebrating the natural world, including andlt;iandgt;Mammoths on the Moveandlt;/iandgt; by Lisa Wheeler and his own andlt;iandgt;Tadpole Rexandlt;/iandgt; and andlt;iandgt;Turtle Rexandlt;/iandgt;. Kurt lives with his wife inandnbsp;McMinnville, Oregon. Visit him at KurtCyrus.com.