Revenge of the Roach!

March 1, 2016

Gr 2-4-In this second installment of the comical and fast-paced series, Eugene Flystein returns in his nerd-turned-superhero role. Thanks to the Ultimo 6-9000 pie he consumed, he is 9,000 times stronger, faster, and better than the average bug. Being a superhero helps him keep evil at bay in Stinkopolis. Just when he thought he had seen the last of the villainous Cornelius Cockroach, he is back at Brown Barge Elementary. At first, Cornelius seems oddly benign, but then his nefarious scheming becomes apparent. Super Fly and his sidekick, Fantastic Flea, team up to stop the evil Cornelius and his henchmen, Dee and Doo Dung, from taking over the world with a hypnotic video game, Butterfly Bombers. Eugene's little sister Elle gets in on the silly antics after she also takes a bite of the Ultimo and becomes Fly Girl. Readers whose funny bones are tickled by all things icky and disgusting are bound to fall in love with Super Fly. Black-and-white illustrations throughout help bring the story and characters to life. VERDICT Fans of the first book and connoisseurs of potty humor will happily devour this sequel.-Laura Fields Eason, Parker Bennett Curry Elementary School, Bowling Green, KY

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May 15, 2016
Grades 1-3 Eugene Flystein, secretly the superhero Super Fly, thinks everything will run smoothly since banishing bully and evil villain Crazy Cockroach (secret identity: Cornelius C. Roach) to the moon, so he and Fred Flea are shocked when Cornelius returns to school. With two dung beetles, Dee and Doo, as his minions, it's not long before Cornelius plots a new evil plan by giving students an exciting video game. Any bug that plays it turns into a mindless zombie who will do anything Crazy Cockroach tells them to do! When Fred succumbs to the allure of the game, Eugene has no one else to turn to but his younger sister, Elle, to help save the citizens of Stinkopolis. In the second volume of his laugh-a-minute series, Doodler continues the hilarious superhero antics of nerdy Eugene. Readers who enjoy cheesy, pun-filled humor will laugh out loud at Eugene's adventures and appreciate Elle's stronger presence. Doodler's cartoonish, adorable line drawings also add to the overall humor. A great new series for fans of Dav Pilkey's Captain Underpants.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2016, American Library Association.)

July 1, 2016
Eugene "Super Fly" Flystein's nemesis, Crazy Cockroach, returns with dung beetle henchmen to help him take over the world by brainwashing the insects of Brown Barge Elementary. Just when all seems lost, enter Fly Girl (who suspiciously resembles Eugene's younger sister). A slight but amusing second book, again with a superheroes-and-scatological-humor combination aimed squarely at the Captain Underpants crowd.

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