M. G Leonard
1) Beetle boy
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Darkus Cuttle has taken care of his father ever since his mother died, but one day his father vanished from a locked vault at the Natural History Museum, and now he lives with his eccentric uncle--but one day he finds a large and unusually intelligent andself-aware beetle, and soon he and his two friends are caught up in a struggle to protect an intelligent super species of beetles.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Cruel beetle fashionista Lucretia Cutter is still at large with her yellow ladybird spies. And now that she's brainwashed Darkus's father to stay by her side -he, Virginia, and Bertolt are determined to stop her... once and for all. The final installment in the Beetle trilogy flies readers to Lucretia's secret Biome hidden in the Amazon rain forest. If they can't stop Lucretia, she will release her hoard of giant Frankenstein beetles, and the planet...
3) Beetle Queen
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Cruel beetle fashionista, Lucretia Cutter, is at large with her yellow ladybird spies. When Darkus, Virginia and Bertolt discover further evidence of her evil, they're determined to stop her. But the three friends are in trouble. Darkus' dad has forbidden them to investigate any further. Hope rests on Novak, Lucretia's daughter and a Hollywood actress, but the beetle diva is always one scuttle ahead...
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When eleven-year-old Harrison "Hal" Beck is forced to accompany his travel-writer uncle on the last journey of a royal train, he expects a boring trip spent away from video games and children his age.
But then, Hal spots a girl who should not be on board, and he quickly makes friends with the stowaway, Lenny. Things get even more interesting when the royal prince and princess board for the last leg of the journey-because the princess's diamond necklace...
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(Maya Gabrielle).Beetle trilogy volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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With his father brainwashed to help the evil Lucretia unleash her hoard of Frankenstein beetles, Darkus teams with Virginia and Bertolt to try and stop her and save his father before it is too late.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Cruel beetle fashionista, Lucretia Cutter, is at large with her deadly yellow ladybug spies -- and she has a devious plan. When Darkus, Virginia, and Bertolt discover further evidence of her evil, they're determined to stop her.
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Following his adventure on the California Comet, artist and amateur sleuth Hal Beck is back and looking forward to another railway journey with his journalist uncle, this time riding the historic Safari Star through South Africa. Then he soon finds himself drawn into another mystery when one of their fellow passengers dies on board!
Accident... or murder?
Following his adventure on the California Comet, artist and amateur sleuth Hal Beck is back...