Author: M. G. Leonard
- Children/Young
- Editorial Océano de México
- ISBN: 9786077359784
Synopsis
Darkus Cuttle's dad mysteriously goes missing from his job as Director of Science at the Natural History Museum. Vanished without a trace! From a locked room! So Darkus moves in with his eccentric Uncle Max and next door to Humphrey and Pickering, two lunatic cousins with an enormous beetle infestation. Darkus soon discovers that the beetles are anything but ordinary. They're an amazing, intelligent, super species and they're in danger of being exterminated. It's up to Darkus and his friends to save the beetles. But they're up against an even more terrifying villain—mad scientist of fashion, haute couture villainess Lucretia Cutter. Lucretia has an alarming interest in insects and dastardly plans for the bugs. She won't let anyone or anything stop her, including Darkus's dad, who she has locked up in her dungeons! The beetles and kids join forces to rescue Mr. Cuttle and thwart Lucretia.
Todo comienza con una misteriosa desaparición…
El padre de Darkus Cuttle ha desaparecido sin dejar rastro y nadie, ni siquiera la policía, parece hacer nada por encontrarlo. Darkus tendrá entonces que mudarse con su excéntrico tío Max, convivir con unos vecinos acumuladores de basura, y lidiar con los abusones que no dejan de molestarlo en su nueva escuela. Pero justo cuando parece que todo está perdido, un escarabajo gigante al que decide llamar Baxter, acude a su rescate. Darkus descubre enseguida que los escarabajos son una especie increíble: inteligentes, fuertes, capaces de volar… y podrían ser la clave para encontrar a su padre. El chico escarabajo es el primer libro de una trilogía misteriosamente divertida, llena de aventuras y escarabajos exóticos.
