The Brotherhood of Rotten Babysitters

Sidekicks #5

by Dan Danko, Tom Mason, Barry Gott (Illustrator)

After Pumpkin Pete accidentally blows up the League of Big Justice and the Sidekick Super Clubhouse, the superhero trouble begins.

144 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2005

About the author

Dan Danko and Tom Mason are the brains behind MainBrain Productions, a multimedia development company located in Malibu, California. They have written series books for Scholastic, scripts for "Malcolm in the Middle" and several other network TV series, and various other kid-oriented media.

Reviews

[Terry]

Everyone has a nickname, and "Speedy" is our narrator on this interesting, fantastical ride he calls his life. The style of writing is very similar to the Rugrats, a show on which both writers have worked. It has a very Nickolodian-esque pace with flying donuts and evil characters in the form of teenage babysitters who try to dominate the smaller kids. This is a chapter book series for preteens.

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[Tal]

dear lord ... this book needed help! it was an attempt to be a funny kids book, but it just got on my nerves. i actually read a little more than half of it and then just couldn't stand it anymore! my students might like it, so i will put it in my library.