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An Awfully Beastly Business #5
Battle of the Zombies
Ulf the werewolf and his RSPCB friends once again confront the evil Baron Marackai as he raises an army of zombies against them, relentless in his quest to undermine the good work of the RSPCB.
192 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2010
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Matthew Morgan
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March 29, 2019
This is my favourite one so far
The char development, the ending, aaahhhh im gonna miss this series 💗
Lowkey not sure if i wanna read the next one cus this one was so good. And the world is so fecking amazing.
(The translation from the english phrase blowing rasberries to the swedish literally spitting rasberries in your face was highkey hilarious thi)
The char development, the ending, aaahhhh im gonna miss this series 💗
Lowkey not sure if i wanna read the next one cus this one was so good. And the world is so fecking amazing.
(The translation from the english phrase blowing rasberries to the swedish literally spitting rasberries in your face was highkey hilarious thi)
July 8, 2019
It was really cool about a boy Ulf he wanted to protect monsters from the bad guy and the bad guys friend raised a Zombie army.
June 3, 2012
Reason for Reading: Next in the series.
My son absolutely loves this series of books but as I noticed that the last two books had been printed in the UK and weren't coming out here in North America, I decided to purchase them directly from the UK instead of waiting any longer and gifted them to ds for Christmas last year. The UK books are now available from NA retailers. My son was first annoyed that the covers didn't match his first 4 books, but did think it was cool that these 2 have a hologram on the front. So they took some getting used to before he warmed up to them "belonging" with the others.
Anyway, he and I loved "Battle of the Zombies"! This is our favourite book of them all. Everything we expected is here. The whole cast of characters is present and accounted for and everyone gets involved in the caper, even previously second tier players who've only had cameo roles got to participate in the main adventure this time. Ds and I never seem to get enough of Druce the Gargoyle and this time he comes along for the ride to visit with the gargoyles at the castle they are traveling to! Lots of silly Drucey jokes. Plenty of action and humour as we have an epic revival of middle ages warfare with ghostly knights and zombie warriors. These books are very tame but when the topic is zombies it seems perfectly ok to add severed body parts and that extra little gruesome yet fun element. A real winner in the series which makes us both excited to read the last book, which we already own, but a little sad that it will be the end of the series.
My son absolutely loves this series of books but as I noticed that the last two books had been printed in the UK and weren't coming out here in North America, I decided to purchase them directly from the UK instead of waiting any longer and gifted them to ds for Christmas last year. The UK books are now available from NA retailers. My son was first annoyed that the covers didn't match his first 4 books, but did think it was cool that these 2 have a hologram on the front. So they took some getting used to before he warmed up to them "belonging" with the others.
Anyway, he and I loved "Battle of the Zombies"! This is our favourite book of them all. Everything we expected is here. The whole cast of characters is present and accounted for and everyone gets involved in the caper, even previously second tier players who've only had cameo roles got to participate in the main adventure this time. Ds and I never seem to get enough of Druce the Gargoyle and this time he comes along for the ride to visit with the gargoyles at the castle they are traveling to! Lots of silly Drucey jokes. Plenty of action and humour as we have an epic revival of middle ages warfare with ghostly knights and zombie warriors. These books are very tame but when the topic is zombies it seems perfectly ok to add severed body parts and that extra little gruesome yet fun element. A real winner in the series which makes us both excited to read the last book, which we already own, but a little sad that it will be the end of the series.
March 28, 2014
This chapter book is about Ulf the werewolf going to investigate strange happenings in a haunted house, with the help of Zazz, the genie and his team of helpers. Evil baron Marackai revives the dead (zombies) to destroy Ulf and his team. Who will win in the ultimate battle of the beasts versus the zombies? It is filled with thrilling action and is full of mysterious creatures which would appeal to children in the upper KS2. I like this book as it can be used for independent reading as well as guided reading and would be an excellent book to inspire creative writing especially for boys who lack enthusiasm and are reluctant to read for pleasure.
November 6, 2018
Book five and the penultimate book in the series sees more f the same fantasy elements and as many of them as are around thrown into the one story line, with the title of the book indicating somewhat where things are going. Fair but really forgettable,
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