Flyboy of Underwhere

by Bruce Hale, Shane Hillman (Illustrations)

Sometimes even sidekicks have to step up. Here's the Zeke's busy being the so-called Prince of Underwhere. His prissy sister, Stephanie, is some sort of pirate queen. But Hector? Everyone treats him like a joker and a sidekick. Well, those days are over. Now only Hector can save the day—if he can survive the swarms of sharp-beaked midget flying dinos, smart-aleck flying horses, angry armies in their undies, a really, really bad hypnotist, and a duel with deadly toilet plungers. . . all the ordinary wedgie weirdness of the tighty-whitie world under our own.

160 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2008

About the author

A serious book addict, Bruce wanted to be a children's book author since he was in 4th grade (right after he got over wanting to be a pirate, Tarzan, and Daniel Boone). Today he's the author-illustrator of over 70 seriously funny books for kids, so some dreams do come true.

The Malted Falcon, one of his Chet Gecko Mysteries series, was an Edgar Award finalist, and Murder, My Tweet won a Little D Award for Juvenile Humor Writing. Bruce has written everything from picture books and easy readers, to graphic novels and novels.

Bruce's recent Monstertown Mysteries series blends horror and humor, based on his childhood love of monster movies. His other series include Class Pets, about the secret lives of classroom pets, and the forthcoming Outerspace Mystery Pizza Club books, due in 2024.

A Fulbright Scholar (in Storytelling), Bruce is also a popular speaker, both in the U.S. and internationally. He lives in Santa Barbara with his wife and knuckleheaded dog Riley. When he's not writing or reading, you may find him hiking, kickboxing, or singing with a latin-jazz band called Mezcal Martini.

Reviews

[Daniel · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not nearly as funny or well written as his Chet Gecko series, but I'm sure teh 8-10yr old crowd will enjoy it. Interesting gimmick is teh switch from straight forward narrative to graphic novel when switching between teh "real" world and Underwhere.

[Drew · Rating 2 out of 5]

interesting concept. novel that turns into a gn/comic when they travel to an underground world called 'underwhere'

[Luca · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like all of the underwhere books. The good pieces are when there are the comic pieces. Really fun, not for people that have no sense of humor though. For kids.

[Evens Pierrelouis]

Flyboy of Underwhere

[Carterkempgmail.Com · Rating 2 out of 5]

Possibly kids will like this collection of potty humor.