M.T. Anderson is the author of the Pals in Peril series; The
Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation series,
the first volume of which won the National Book Award; The
Norumbegan Quartet; Burger Wuss; Thirsty; and Feed,
which was a finalist for the National Book Award, a Boston
Globe–Horn Honor Book, and the winner of the Los Angeles
Times Book Award for Young Adults. He lives in Boston,
Massachusetts. Visit him at MT-Anderson.com.
Kurt Cyrus has illustrated numerous acclaimed picture books
celebrating the natural world, including What in the World?:
Numbers in Nature by Nancy Raines Day; Mammoths on the
Move by Lisa Wheeler; and his own Tadpole
Rex and The Voyage of Turtle Rex. His art also appears in
the middle grade series Pals in Peril by M.T. Anderson. Kurt lives
with his wife in McMinnville, Oregon. Visit him at
KurtCyrus.com.
*"The invention never flags."--Booklist, starred review.
"Metafiction at its most weirdly satisfying...Extremely funny, it's
for adults, who will get at least half the references, and for
children, who will get the other half. Cyrus's illustrations are
integral and pretty darn amusing too."--Kirkus Reviews
"Anderson never takes his tongue out of his cheek in this
uproariously entertaining combination of Indiana Jones, the
Stratemeyer syndicate, and MADtv...Sly jabs at the overused tropes
and cliched conventions of the action genre will surely be
appreciated by the more sophisticated reader, and there is enoguh
slapstick humor here to go around for those with less ironic
tastes; any youngster looking for a laugh and an adventure will not
be disappointed."--The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
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