Desmond Pucket Makes Monster Magic

Tatullis entry into the comics/fiction--hybrid market is one of the bestThe target audience will snap this up and beg for more.---Kirkus Reviews (starred review) This is full of ghoulish fun, and fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid probably wont want to miss it. ---School Library Journal Desmond Pucket neatly fills a gap for our readers---its a step more sophisticated than Diary of a Wimpy Kid but appeals to that reader. Its also so great to have a Halloween/monster/scary stuff series to offer boys that is not Goosebumps. ---Rebecca Waesch, Childrens Product Manager, Joseph-Beth BooksellersMeet Desmond Pucket---professor of frightology and master of monsters. Someday Desmond will be famous for his special effects wizardry, but for now hes just trying to make it through sixth grade at Cloverfield Memorial Junior High, which means he needs to stay one step ahead of the schools disciplinary officer, Mr. Needles. The only problem is Desmond just cant stop pulling pranks---like the time he attached a shrieking rubber goblin to the toilet seat in the teachers bathroom. Mrs. Rubin screamed so loudly her wig flew off! Or the time he put giant motorized worms into the mashed potatoes in the cafeteria. Or the time Desmond and his best friend, Ricky, arranged for a three-headed ghost to crash his sisters slumber party. Rachel still hasnt forgiven him. And now Desmond has to stay prank-free for the rest of the year, or he wont be able to go on the class trip to Crab Shell Pier, home of the Mountain Full of Monsters ride! Its going to be tough, but Desmond has to try. This book includes a section of Desmonds Notes: instructions for making monster magic (think scary noises, or fake blood) at home!