Beetle Boy (reissue)

Darkus’s dad is missing – vanished from a locked room in the Natural History Museum. The police are baffled; how can someone disappear without a trace?

Moving in with his eccentric uncle, Darkus discovers a new friend in a giant beetle – and it wants to communicate.

But can a boy and a beetle be friends? And can they find Darkus’s dad together?

The first book in MG Leonard's acclaimed trilogy, followed by Beetle Queen and Battle of the Beetles!
Featuring exotic beetles, a daring quest, a mixture of bold male and female characters and a truly venomous villain
Includes brilliant illustrations by Julia Sardà
From the author of Hunt for the Golden Scarab, Twitch and the Adventure on Trains series, co-written with Sam Sedgman