INTERMEDIATE FICTION
Dougherty, John

Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face and the Quest for the Magic Porcupine

(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.

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