The first book in the bestselling BATTLE OF THE BEETLES series! n n Truly n great storytelling. MICHAEL MORPURGO n n Darkus n cant believe his eyes when a huge insect drops out of n the trouser leg of his horrible new neighbour. Its a giant beetle n - and it seems to want to communicate. But how can a boy be friends n with a beetle? And what does a beetle have to do with the disappearance n of his dad and the arrival of Lucretia Cutter, with her n taste for creepy jewellery? n