Polar Distress
By (Author) Sheila Grau
Abrams
Amulet Books
1st April 2017
United States
Children
Fiction
FIC
Hardback
288
Width 152mm, Height 216mm
Runt Higgins has a long to-do list. He needs to find out who cursed him, and why; he needs to make up with his best friend, Syke; and he needs to pass the Junior Henchman Training Program. That last one Not likely. Professor Murphy hates Runt and is actively trying to fail him. The only way for Runt to pass the class and stay at Dr. Critchlore's school is to locate a rare mineral that Dr. Critchlore needs to make an Undefeatable Minion. To find it, Runt must travel to icy Upper Worb and battle gyrfalcons, yetis . . . and the loathsome team from Dr. Pravus's school. Their newest member Runt's former best friend, Syke.
Sheila Grau is the author of the Dr. Critchlore's School for Minions series and The Boy with 17 Senses. She lives in California with her husband and four children. Joe Sutphin is the illustrator of the Dr. Critchlore's School for Minions series. He lives with his wife and cat in a big red barn in Ohio.