The Curse of the Mummy's Tummy (The Spy Next Door #2)

by Jay Cooper

Overview

A funny and fresh chapter book series with hilarious illustrations perfect for fans of Captain Underpants!

Dexter's next mission? Catch a cat burglar!On a school field trip to the museum, Dexter puts his brand-new super-secret spy skills to the test. Someone has broken into the Egyptian exhibit to steal Pharaoh Hun-Ga-Re's greatest treasure...a sacred sandwich that can raise the dead! But who could be hungry enough to want a six-thousand-year-old snack? With an army of robot ninjas, a mustachioed mystery man, and a sneaky new classmate lurking around every corner, it's up to Dex to find the petrified hoagie first and save the world from a monstrous mummy's ancient curse...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780545932981
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	09/12/2017
Series:	The Spy Next Door , #2
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	445,127
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

Jay Cooper has worked as a creative director and designer of magazines, books, apparel, and advertising for two decades. He's had the good luck to design covers for New York Times bestsellers as well as literary classics, and the even better luck to work on art and advertising campaigns for over 100 Broadway musicals and plays. However, nothing makes him happier than returning to his literature-loving roots and creating and illustrating stories for kids. He lives with his wife and children in Maplewood, New Jersey.

Editorial 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

From the Publisher

2017-07-17
Third-grade spy Dexter Drabner from Mutant Rat Attack! (2017) returns for another wacky adventure.A call on his AI skateboard (Battery-Operated Artificial Reasoning Device) from Big K, the head of their city's chapter of the Super-Secret Spy Kids, summons Dex, Agent SK8, for a mission. But his high-tech (and also stinky) journey to the secret hideout is seen by abrasive new girl Aya (a black girl who provides some diversity to the largely white cast). A burglar has been sniffing around the mummy exhibit, and while on his class field trip, Dex is to try to learn why. The exhibit features the pharaoh Hun-Ga-Re, of the fictional Bur-Pe region of Egypt, famous for—as his name suggests—his appetite. His mummy holds a sandwich, and his sarcophagus a curse: "This hoagie can raise the dead! HANDS OFF!" After Dex catches Aya going for the mummy's sandwich, robot ninjas commanded by the real villain appear and the fight wakes Hun-Ga-Re. Using nail polish, Aya transforms into the Pink Lynx, and the slapstick conflict escalates in a series of comic-strip panels with the action described play by play as if it were a football game. The silliness turns mean when, at the climax, Hun-Ga-Re spots fellow fat person/school bully Millicent wrapped in toilet paper, falls in love, and raises the dead against the villains to protect her. While undeniably goofy and action-packed, this probably won't gain fans among Egyptians or overweight people. (glossary) (Adventure. 7-12)

Kirkus Reviews