{"product_id":"beetle-boy-paperback","title":"Beetle Boy (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first book in the bestselling BATTLE OF THE BEETLES series - perfect for fans of Roald Dahl! Dr Bartholomew Cuttle wasn’t the kind of man who mysteriously disappeared. He was the kind of man who read enormous old books at the dinner table and got fried egg stuck in his beard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDarkus Cuttle’s dad is missing, vanished from a locked room and now everything for Darkus is about to change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMiserable and lonely, he is forced to move in with his eccentric uncle Max, next door to the most disgusting neighbours ever and their house infested by beetles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut when a giant beetle called Baxter comes to his rescue, Darkus learns that these are no ordinary creatures. They’re an incredible super-species and they could just be the key to solving the mystery of his dad’s disappearance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen links begin to emerge connecting the crime with cruel Lucretia Cutter, mad scientist and  fashionista, and her penchant for beetle jewellery, Darkus, Dexter and the other beetles are caught in a race against time to find the answers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA coffee-mug mountain, home to a million insects, could provide the answer - if Darkus and Baxter are brave enough to find it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePoignant and laugh-aloud funny in turn, Beetle Boy was a huge success with booksellers as one of our Children’s Book of the Month choices of 2016. The first book in a trilogy, we at Waterstones are eagerly awaiting 2017’s next instalment, Beetle Queen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Truly great storytelling’ – Michael Morpurgo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘An original new voice in children’s literature. I predict beetle-mania.’ - The Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Fizzing, delightful debut’ – The Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chicken House Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47862077030621,"sku":"9781910002704","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/1601\/8397\/files\/9781910002704_fac29b1f-5f11-4ce1-9f3d-8552294847a1.jpg?v=1777458810","url":"https:\/\/shop.bookworm.ae\/products\/beetle-boy-paperback","provider":"Bookworm","version":"1.0","type":"link"}