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Dr. Critchlore's School for Minions: Dr. Critchlore's School for Minions #2
By (Author) Sheila Grau
By (author) Joe Sutphin
Abrams
Amulet Books
1st May 2016
United States
Children
Fiction
FIC
Hardback
304
Width 219mm, Height 164mm, Spine 27mm
500g
The second book in this hilarious, illustrated series cracks the imaginative world of minions wide open, and we meet the other schools and Evil Overlords that surround Dr. Critchlore's. Runt Higgins needs answers, fast. Someone cursed him to die on his sixteenth birthday, but no one seems to know who cursed him or why. Runt decides he must find the Great Library, where all true knowledge is hidden. Unfortunately, the only people who know the location of the Great Library are a covert network of librarian-spies who'd rather die than give up the Library's secrets. And when one of Runt's professors is attacked, it soon becomes clear that others are also out to find the Library at any cost. Meanwhile, Runt's not the only one whose days are numbered. To save the floundering school from an inevitable sale, Dr. Critchlore takes some desperate measures. His master plan to save the school: a fashion show.
"This continues to be a strongly diverse (even though we're talking magical creatures, there's a nice mix of cultures, skin tones, and personality types represented), clever, and high quality series that stands out amid the deluge of middle-school books about monsters. Clever chapter headings quoting minion and overlord philosophy and elegant illustrations don't impact the central plot but add effective additional flavor notes. A school map provides a handy reference."-- "BCCB"
Sheila Grau is a writer living in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and four children. www.sheilagrau.com. Joe Sutphin has been illustrating since he was small. He lives in Columbus, Ohio. www.joesutphin.wix.com/joesutphinart.