Captain Underpants and the Tyrannical Retaliation of the Turbo Toilet 2000 by Dav Pilkey
Scholastic, 2014. ISBN 9781743625989
(Ages 7 - 13) Highly recommended. Captain Underpants series
is back in its 11th instalment. Dav Pilkey hasn't changed a thing in
the way he delivers an action packed ridiculous adventure with the
most unlikely of heroes and villains so obscure the names have to be
enormous.
The Turbo Toilet 2000 wants revenge for what happened in the
previous historically documented episode of Captain Underpants. This
villain is known for devouring everything and anything in its path
and this time it's built up a real appetite. The fate of all of
humanity is once again in the hands of our unlikely heroes, George
and Harold and their annoying nemesis Melvin Sneedly. Can the boys
once again defeat the Turbo Toilet 2000? Can they save all of
mankind from the disasters that are imminent?
The Tyrannical Retaliation of the Turbo Toilet 2000 is a must
for primary school library shelves. The 220 pages will be devoured
by most kids quickly with the typical style of Dav Pikey book
lending to short pages and weirdly engrossing silliness. Like the
sanitized for your protection section where a graphic fight scene
takes place that is way too nasty for any children's book. 4 year
old guest illustrator and his 71 year old commentator Nana are
brought in to describe the battle in a way that will make anyone
giggle.
I thoroughly recommend the Captain Underpants series and The
Tyrannical Retaliation of the Turbo Toilet 2000 is as awesome
as any of its predecessors. Its style is great for a developed
reader who just loves the series to an emerging reader making the
move to novels.
Steve Whitehead