This Book is Not Good for You
Published on 26. February 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-1-4095-0631-7 (ISBN)
Description
The third quirky, original and deliciously dark comic adventure from the phenomenon that is Pseudonymous Bosch, author of the hilarious bestseller "The Name of This Book is Secret". Synopsis - Cass, Max-Ernest and Yo-Yoji, the youngest members of the top-secret Terces Society, have been given a crucial mission: to track down a cursed Aztec tuning fork that has the power to recreate any flavour the user has ever tasted. But no sooner have they succeeded than Cass' mother is kidnapped by evil chef Senor Hugo, who demands that they hand the fork over so he can use it to create a deadly chocolate recipe for the Terces Society's sworn enemy, the Midnight Sun. Determined to rescue Cass' mum, the kids track the Midnight Sun to their sinister cocoa plantation in the jungle. But when Cass and Yo-Yoji are tricked into eating Hugo's chocolate, it is up to Max-Ernest alone to get the rescue mission back on track - and free the Midnight Sun's enslaved workforce of children...and monkeys. Bursting with inventive characters and laugh-out-loud moments, readers will be instantly hooked once more by the stylish, tongue-in-cheek story-telling of Pseudonymous Bosch.
Reviews / Votes
A deliciously dark and chocolatey book full of big chunks of crazy humour and a cast of mouth-watering characters. * The Lancashire Evening Post * An entertaining, enlightening and enhancing read. * Books for Keeps * I enjoyed it very much. I would recommend it for children who love mystery stories and who like to guess what is going to happen! I love the way the author wrote it, as if she was speaking to you, and it shows that he/she had a lot of imagination! If I had to rate it out of 10, it would be an 8, because at the beginning it was a bit confusing, but as you got used to it, it was brilliant!!! * Anorak - reviewed by Catryn (10 years old) * There is no doubting the educational interest of much of this material, while the context should engage the reader with its air of complicity in eating chocolate as much as in unravelling The Secret. In character terms, the children's backgrounds are described in a graphic, even hyperbolic, way, yet still demonstrate real problems faced by young people... overall this is an entertaining, enlightening and enhancing read which should appeal to a wide age-range. * Books for Keeps * What child could resist it? A deliciously dark and chocolatey book full of big chunks of crazy humour and a cast of mouth-watering characters..."This Book is Not Good for You" is actually very good for you...the teasing, topsy-turvy world created by the scrumptious Mr Bosch is guaranteed to have you laughing all the way to the next instalment. * Lancashire Evening Post * With an evil dessert chef, a secret jungle lair inhabited by cocoa-crazed monkeys, and the most dangerous chocolate ever created, one thing's for sure - they've certainly got their work cut out for them! * National Geographic Kids *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 9 to 12 years
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
360 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4095-0631-7 (9781409506317)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
Pseudonymous Bosch
This Book is Not Good For You
E-Book
06/2012
1st Edition
Usborne Publishing Ltd
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Person
Pseudonymous Bosch is a pseudonym, or as he would prefer to call it (because he is very pretentious), a nom de plume. Unfortunately, for reasons he cannot disclose, but which should be obvious to anyone foolhardy enough to read this book, he cannot tell you his real name. But he admits he has a deep-seated fear of mayonnaise. Fortunately, this has not proved an impediment to The Secret Series selling over two million copies worldwide.