Mac Attack! (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

The Adventures of Daniel Boom AKA Loud Boy #2

by David Steinberg

A chapter book story in a graphic novel format!

In this mouthwatering sequel, Eda Grossweiner is the distasteful lunch lady at Daniel’s school who loves to serve gross glop. She is recruited by Kid-Rid Industries to brainwash kids into being polite and obedient—yuck! Once again, Daniel and his friends call upon their superpowers to confront the shady chef and save the world for the second hilarious time!

Genres: Graphic Novels, Fantasy, Childrens, Fiction, Humor

Library Binding

First published August 14, 2008

About the author

David "D.J." Steinberg ​is the author of nineteen published books for children that have sold more than 1.5 million copies to date, including USA Today bestseller Kindergarten, Here I Come; Grasshopper Pie and Other Poems; and his graphic novel series The Adventures of Daniel Boom AKA Loud Boy.

When he is not working on his books, he spends his days as an executive, producer, and artist on animated movies and TV shows. He currently oversees animation production for Nickelodeon.

When he is not writing books or playing animation executive, David's favorite job is husband and dad, with his wife and three favorite critics—er—sons in Los Angeles, California.

Reviews

[Debra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Even though I stumbled into this series at book 2, I really enjoyed it. Each of 5 ordinary kids discover their secret super-hero power and use them for good. As they are ling their ordinary lives preparing for a TV filming and contest of their favorite show, they receive information from their Uncle Stanley that there is something strange at K.R. Industries where most of the kids' parents work. But they soon find out that this something strange impacts them in their school cafeteria. Good fun, derring do, and bad guys get caught. I think that I will make sure to get book 1 and see how this all started.

[Nikki in Niagara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Two panels tell us how things ended in book one, then we are introduced to each superhero and their power. With that the story picks up where it left off in book one. Uncle Stanley didn't drop by just to say good work, he wants to enlist their help in defeating the evil Industry of scientists who are out to quieten children forever. He gives them costumes and communicators and they discover a plot by Kid-Rid Industries in their own school where they have enlisted the help of the mean lunch lady to introduce a special polite powder into the mac & cheese turning the children into polite mannered zombies. Loud Boy and friends must find a way to get the antidote distributed to all the children in town and hand the evil Mrs. Grossweiner over to the police. This one was even better than the first book! Uncle Stanley tells the kids the whole background story of the evil KR Industries and his part working for them until he found out they were evil. So we know have a complete background story on the kids (from book 1) and the evil scientists (this book). Once the story is wrapped up and every one is celebrating, the scene is is set for the next book and the kids are called to their next mission causing the reader to be excited for the next in the series. Lots of action, fun superpowers, gross bad guys, and humour make this an excellent sequel to what is proving to be a fine series for the younger set.

[Patrice Sartor · Rating 3 out of 5]

Once again Loud Boy and his gang of unexpected super-powered friends are confronted with evil and must join forces to stop it. This time, evil comes in through the school cafeteria, which isn't really much of a stretch based on the smell of most school lunchrooms these days. Beware the mac 'n cheese!

I read the first one, though I could not find it on GoodReads, oddly. Still, readers do not need to have read #1 in order to enjoy this one. The colors are bright and vibrant, with well-drawn characters and settings that match the storyline nicely. Overall, this was just an average book for me. The story isn't anything deep, nor is it especially funny. It's highly predictable, and I suspect I would not have finished it were it not a graphic novel. My 10 year old son also rates this a "3-star" title.

Kids with a penchant for superhero stories (especially KIDS with powers) will enjoy this for the time it takes them to read. It is just the right length.

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

My son loves this series. I'm not a huge fan. I like the premise of these kids who are known for having behavior problems actually being gifted and using those behaviors (tantrums,being loud,too talkative,fidgety..) as superpowers. I don't feel like the stories flow well, I guess.

Still, he's reading and there's nothing worth objecting to that would keep me from reading more in the series, so there's that.

[Annie Oosterwyk · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun graphic novel for upper elementary about kids with super powers based on behaviors usually considered problematic. The evil lunch lady is used by the bad guys to make children all over the world polite and amenable. Whoa!!! Scary!

[Kellee Moye · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Rachel Coyne · Rating 5 out of 5]

We loved the zombie part!

[Paula Greenfield]

I really like this series. It's fun and you like to cheer for the kids. It's nice to see kids doing the right things.