Night of the Living Shadows (Speed Bump & Slingshot Misadventure Series #2)

by Dave Coverly

Overview

Two friends embark on a zany misadventure. Will their boldness earn them badges or will their hijinks leave them stuck in a creepy shopping mall?

After sleeping off his adventure battling the evil Nightcrawlers, Speed Bump joins Slingshot on a quest to earn their Scavenger Hunt badge. Once they complete their last challenge, they'll no longer be Bird Scouts—they'll be Eagle Scouts!

But, as is always the case with these two birds, their adventure turns into a misadventure when they end up at a shopping mall—fun by day, scary by night! Trapped inside, what crazy scheme will they come up with to get out? Here's the much anticipated second book in this fun new chapter book series.

Night of the Living Shadows is the much anticipated second book in this fun new chapter book series from Dave Coverly.

A Christy Ottaviano Book

"Overall a lighter-than-air escapade with just a light wash of satire." —Kirkus Reviews

“This misadventure from a bird’s perspective is hilarious, light, and clever and may provide fun reading and a new favorite.” —Children's Literature

Titles in the Speed Bump & Slingshot Misadventure series:
Night of the Living Worms
Night of the Living Shadows
Night of the Living Zombie Bugs

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250129420
Publisher:	Square Fish
Publication date:	10/24/2017
Series:	Speed Bump & Slingshot Misadventure Series , #2
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

Dave Coverly is an internationally syndicated cartoonist whose Speed Bump cartoon panel appears in more than 400 newspapers, including The Washington Post, The Detroit Free Press, and Parade. He is the creator of Dogs Are People, Too and Night of the Living Worms, as well as the illustrator of Sue MacDonald Had a Book and The Very Inappropriate Word. The winner of the prestigious Reuben Award for Best Cartoonist, Dave lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Editorial Reviews

"Overall a lighter-than-air escapade with just a light wash of satire." —Kirkus Reviews

Night of the Living Worms:
An Amazon Editor's Top Pick for Best Book of the Month

"Both [pictures and text] are liberally festooned with gags, sight gags, . . . and puns." —Kirkus Reviews

“Coverly's drawings are full of visual jokes, and the narrative is packed with playful language. . . .Clever, imaginative, and precisely targeted to its audience, this new series is sure to please.” —Booklist

"Filled with subtle irony, wordplay, and gentle pokes at life, the text is accompanied by appealingly large, cartoon-style, black-and-white line drawings. VERDICT This story will have students laughing out loud and reluctant readers asking for the sequel." —School Library Journal

From the Publisher

2016-07-20
A Bird Scout scavenger hunt sends avian buddies Speed Bump and Slingshot into that scariest of all places…a shopping mall.Little Speed Bump is understandably frantic as he sets out late to gather “something that turns, / something that’s pink, / something that burns, / something that stinks” to earn his Scavenger Badge. Guided by an overcaffeinated nuthatch, the two Bird Scouts slip through the glass doors into a crowded mall. There they are so beguiled by the pleasures of the food court (pizza crumbs, french fries, and “Pieces of cookie WITH CHOCOLATE STILL IN THEM!”) that they doze past closing time. One spooky night later, Speed Bump stows away in a purse to get out—and is trapped in a car that speeds off, with his would-be rescuers flapping desperately in pursuit. Coverly casts the outing partly in short passages of narrative but mostly in big, loosely drawn pen-and-ink cartoons with dialogue balloons and no end of sight gags, from a “Moltzart” poster in Speed Bump’s bedroom to shops with names like “Starbeaks” and “Bird Bath & Beyond.” Human figures are mostly white when they’re not just scribbles in the background. Ultimately the Scouts earn their badges by ransacking that purse for a key, lipstick, red-hot candies, and a spritzer of “Parfum.” Ethically iffy there at the end but overall a lighter-than-air escapade with just a light wash of satire. (Graphic/fiction hybrid. 7-9)

Kirkus Reviews