The Cockroach War

This scuttling, six-legged story will leave you bug-eyed with laughter.Dagenham: a normal,quiet, friendly suburb. UNTIL NOW: Enter the neighbours from hell!When the Cadwalladers win $40 million in the lottery, they blow up their house, install a landing pad for their GX-26 fully-automatic helicopter and throw wild parties night after night. For the Judge family, this means war. Using Emma's latest invention, Toby and Emma unleash five Butterfly Cams, one Death Squadron and a buzzing, biting, creeping, crawling army. Time to invade!Safety Notice! If you find this book dangerously over the top, side-splittingly funny, or in any other way unsafe, press the Eject button at the end! Title page......Page 3 Contents......Page 7 1 The Cadwalladers......Page 9 2 A terrible tragedy......Page 17 3 Forty million big ones......Page 25 4 Grand plans......Page 39 5 Dickybird here......Page 49 6 Leaving home......Page 56 7 Party time......Page 65 8 The crisis......Page 72 9 The GX-26......Page 79 10 The day of the hornet......Page 85 11 Cockroaches!......Page 102 12 The great bucket disaster......Page 113 13 Getting ready......Page 122 14 Operation party pooper......Page 129 15 A famous victory......Page 139 16 Beggars can't be choosers......Page 152 17 A change of heart......Page 162 18 Operation judgement day......Page 175 19 Too easy......Page 184 20 The final mission......Page 192 When Dick Cadwallader wins forty million dollars in a one-off lottery, he and his family turn into the neighbours from hell. They blow up their house, build a huge mansion with a helicopter pad on the roof, and start throwing wild parties, night after night. Next door, the Judge family is going crazy. Mr and Mrs Judge want to sell, but Toby and Emma have other ideas. With the help of Emma's brilliant invention, they are set to unleash a creeping, crawling, buzzing, biting insect army This hilarious prequel to Brain Scam offers great insights on insects, science, and technology as well as sibling relationships, conflicts, and cooperation. Toby and his sister Emma declare war against their neighbors, the Cadwalladers, whose noisy actions and all-night parties begin to take a toll on Toby and his family. Toby and Emma join forces with a team of cockroaches and secretly seek revenge on the Cadwalladers. What results is a funny, energetic battle. After the Cadwalladers win forty million dollars, they make their neighbors miserable, leading the Judge family to wage war upon them