Mutant Rat Attack! (The Spy Next Door #1)

About this book

A funny and fresh debut with hilarious illustrations for fans of Captain Underpants and The Yeti Files!

Nothing exciting ever happens to boring Dex at his boring home or at boring school. He oversleeps (again!), he daydreams while his science teacher Mr. McFur babbles on about his lab rat Princess Pretty Fabulous (Pretty for short), he gets harassed by Millicent (the neighbourhood meanie): boring, boring, ultra-boring!

Then one day, a mystery man convinces Mr. McFur to feed Pretty radioactive gamma broccoli, which turns the rat into a rabid rodent the size of a hippo and launches Dex into an underground world of kid spies and rat gas power. Suddenly Dex’s life doesn’t seem so boring anymore! But who was that mystery man? What does he want? And most importantly, can a boring Dex shed the boring to become the most unlikely hero in spy history?

Reviews

Praise for The Spy Next Door:

"[T]his giggle-inducing, skateboarding adventure will have great appeal for fans of Dav Pilkey’s Captain Underpants series." --Booklist

"[I]rreverent humor and action that will keep kids turning the pages and waiting anxiously for Agent SK8's next outing." --School Library Journal

"[F]ans of over-the-top slapstick silliness will find plenty to laugh over." -- Publishers Weekly