Aubrey and the Terrible Spiders

In the third book of the award-winning Aubrey series, our young hero faces a dangerous mission.

Aubrey first notices something is wrong when he finds domestic animals such as chickens, usually quite cooperative, are becoming rebellious and there seem to be an increasing number of wasp attacks on children (including on Aubrey himself). When he also discovers there is an army of terrible robotic spiders apparently aiming to conquer the world, he decides it is time to do something.

With the help of his loyal helpers, Ariadne the house spider, Lupo the husky puppy and Silvio the silver fish he sets out to find out what is going on and attempt to save the day. The fact that Aubrey has a special gift, he can talk to animals, makes communicating with his team of helpers somewhat easier.

Aubrey discovers the terrible spiders have been created by a mysterious individual called Bob B. The spiders bite adults who immediately develop a strange condition – they dance until they are exhausted. Bob B’s reason for doing this seems to be because adults have messed up the world damaging the environment and they need to learn the error of their ways.

A zany adventure story with lots of humour and a serious message about looking after the environment and the role of both adults and children in trying to effect change. With themes of friendship, teamwork and facing your fears. The attractive, detailed line drawings bring key scenes to life with occasional footnotes providing extra information for curious young minds.