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Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face and the Quest for the Magic Porcupine
149 pp.
| Putnam |
February, 2018 |
TradeISBN 978-1-101-99665-2$16.99
(3)
4-6
Illustrated by
Sam Ricks.
Though the brigade of wily badgers was jailed at the end of Badness of Badgers, the bandits escaped with a Monopoly-esque "Get Out of Jail Free" card. But our hero Stinkbomb and his sister, Ketchup-Face, are once again on their trail, now aided by a ninja librarian, a disguised rabbit, and a banana-eating shark. This quest-fantasy send-up's nonstop metafictive silliness has enormous kid-appeal; spot illustrations add to the hilarity.