Thursday – War of the Waterslides

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Thursday – War of the Waterslides

Total Mayhem 4

Ralph Lazar

(Scholastic)

Thursday – War of the Waterslides is the fourth book in a totally bonkers and very funny series by Ralph Lazar, illustrator of the excellent Rory Branagan books.

Once again 11-year-old Dash Candoo is rudely interrupted when he is having breakfast.  Alerted by his KB-15 watch to nearby danger – the unwelcome presence of Wrestle-Scallywags.  Yet again, Dash has to defeat them in battle, and quickly!  Dash can’t wait to get to school, not least because there are bigger mysteries to solve.

A visit to the Sniffsonian Museum is in the offing.  But why is the Director of the Museum, Mr Sniffy, behaving so strangely and in a secretive way? The museum is running a fabulous competition to design a new Waterslides and Dash and his friends can’t wait to take part.  However, it seems that the Wrestle Scallywags are determined to disrupt the day at the museum, but why?

Never fear, readers.  Dash Candoo is on the case, it’s all in the course of another mystery-solving day of our hero.

Ralph Lazar’s new series is shaping up to be one of the funniest (and silliest) in recent memory.  His illustrations are the perfect companion for the wild and wacky story.  One of the best aspects of this book is that there is an accompanying on-line almanac.  Here readers can find many more of Lazar’s illustrations. The almanac is available here.

The first and second books in the series, Monday: Into the Cave of Thieves, and Tuesday: The Curse of the Blue Spots are also available in the Bookwagon on-line store.