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Sparks!

Book Synopsis

Sparks is a hero and man’s best friend, but nobody suspects he’s two cats! This Super Dog is the Cat’s Meow! August is a brilliant inventor who is afraid of the outside. Charlie is a crack pilot who isn’t afraid of anything. Together these pals save lives every day. They also happen to be cats who pilot a powerful, mechanical dog suit! Always eager to leap into danger, this feline duo have their work cut out for them as they try to thwart Princess, an evil alien bent on enslaving mankind. Don’t let the fact that Princess looks like a cute baby fool you. She’s clever, determined, and totally ruthless. So when Princess and the browbeaten fools she calls servants enact a brilliant and dastardly plan to conquer Earth, August and Charlie pull out all the stops to save the day.

Our Review Panel says...

A fun graphic novel in which the author and illustrator team clearly know their craft and their audience and manage, with an economy of words and lively pictures, all that is needed to tell the incredible story of two heavily disguised cats and an alien posing as a baby. The latter is fixed on world domination (of humankind), and the former on saving it. When calamity strikes, cats August and Charlie quickly come to the rescue, with the help of a weirdly smart litter box and not helped, on occasion, by their tendency to argue.

It all makes for a very amusing, madcap adventure that makes perfect sense to readers willing to suspend reality. This is just what many children want and why I think it will prove a hugely popular resource in primary school libraries. Just don’t expect it to stay on the shelf for long.