The first book in the bestselling BATTLE OF THE BEETLESseries – perfect for fans of Roald Dahl!Winner of the Branford Boase Award Shortlistedfor the Waterstones Children's Book Prize Shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Children's BookAward Chosen for the Tom Fletcher Book Club'Truly great storytelling.' MICHAEL MORPURGO'Funny, exciting and genuinely eccentric' PHILIPREEVE'Roald Dahl meets 101 Dalmatians in a rollickingride, full of adventure with vivid characters' EXPRESS'By the end, you'll think beetles are the coolest creatureson the planet' TOM FLETCHERDarkus’s dad is missing – vanished from a locked roomin the Natural History Museum. The police are baffled; how cansomeone disappear without a trace?Moving in with his eccentric uncle, Darkus discovers a new friendin a giant beetle – and it wants to communicate.But can a boy and a beetle be friends? And can they find Darkus’sdad together?    The first book in MG Leonard's acclaimed trilogy, followedby Beetle Queen and Battle of the Beetles!Featuring exotic beetles, a daring quest, a mixture ofbold male and female characters and a truly venomous villainIncludes brilliant illustrations by Julia SardàFrom the author of Hunt for the Golden Scarab,Twitch and the Adventure on Trains series, co-writtenwith Sam Sedgman

The first book in the bestselling BATTLE OF THE BEETLESseries – perfect for fans of Roald Dahl!Winner of the Branford Boase Award Shortlistedfor the Waterstones Children's Book Prize Shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Children's BookAward Chosen for the Tom Fletcher Book Club'Truly great storytelling.' MICHAEL MORPURGO'Funny, exciting and genuinely eccentric' PHILIPREEVE'Roald Dahl meets 101 Dalmatians in a rollickingride, full of adventure with vivid characters' EXPRESS'By the end, you'll think beetles are the coolest creatureson the planet' TOM FLETCHERDarkus’s dad is missing – vanished from a locked roomin the Natural History Museum. The police are baffled; how cansomeone disappear without a trace?Moving in with his eccentric uncle, Darkus discovers a new friendin a giant beetle – and it wants to communicate.But can a boy and a beetle be friends? And can they find Darkus’sdad together?    The first book in MG Leonard's acclaimed trilogy, followedby Beetle Queen and Battle of the Beetles!Featuring exotic beetles, a daring quest, a mixture ofbold male and female characters and a truly venomous villainIncludes brilliant illustrations by Julia SardàFrom the author of Hunt for the Golden Scarab,Twitch and the Adventure on Trains series, co-writtenwith Sam Sedgman

The first book in the bestselling BATTLE OF THE BEETLESseries – perfect for fans of Roald Dahl!Winner of the Branford Boase Award Shortlistedfor the Waterstones Children's Book Prize Shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Children's BookAward Chosen for the Tom Fletcher Book Club'Truly great storytelling.' MICHAEL MORPURGO'Funny, exciting and genuinely eccentric' PHILIPREEVE'Roald Dahl meets 101 Dalmatians in a rollickingride, full of adventure with vivid characters' EXPRESS'By the end, you'll think beetles are the coolest creatureson the planet' TOM FLETCHERDarkus’s dad is missing – vanished from a locked roomin the Natural History Museum. The police are baffled; how cansomeone disappear without a trace?Moving in with his eccentric uncle, Darkus discovers a new friendin a giant beetle – and it wants to communicate.But can a boy and a beetle be friends? And can they find Darkus’sdad together?    The first book in MG Leonard's acclaimed trilogy, followedby Beetle Queen and Battle of the Beetles!Featuring exotic beetles, a daring quest, a mixture ofbold male and female characters and a truly venomous villainIncludes brilliant illustrations by Julia SardàFrom the author of Hunt for the Golden Scarab,Twitch and the Adventure on Trains series, co-writtenwith Sam Sedgman