As part of the Tom Fletcher Book Club for WHSmith, I let them have an exclusive scene that was cut from Beetle Boy, and which no one has ever read before. Originally the book had a prologue which explained how the beetles came to Nelson Parade and built their home in the mountain of mugs in Humphrey Gamble's bedroom. Now you can read that missing scene.
Why don't you sit back, relax, and listen to the wonderful Tom Fletcher from McFly reading you the opening chapter of Beetle Boy.
Beetle Boy by M.G. Leonard, with illustrations fromJúlia Sardà, is a White Raven 2017. It has been selected for the White Raven annual book catalogue, of book recommendations in the field of international children’s and youth literature. This year’s White Ravens catalogue contains 200 titles in 38 languages from 56 countries and represents the best children's books in Europe. The list will be launched at Frankfurt and be on display at Bologna next year. It's such an honour.
I am so pleased to be a part of this project which sees a whole bunch of my favourite authors writing stories about kickass girls and heroic women to celebrate the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage. Needless to say, my story will have bugs in it, after all #BugsR4Girls. Read below what Nosy Crow - the publisher - has to say about the book, Make More Noise! which will be available in bookshops on the same day as Battle of the Beetles is published, February 1st 2018.
