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Tuchus & Topps Investigate #2
The Attack of the Robot Librarians
It's a new year at Little Strangehaven Primary but things are just as weird as last term . . .
Who put laser-eyed robot librarians in charge of class discipline? What's with the new pedal-powered desks? And what does it all have to do with the mysterious goings-on in the cellar?
Spy-detectives Tuchus and Topps reckon it's got to be something to do with Pamela Stranglebum and her sinister company, Minerva Industries. With the help of their Scottish gargoyle chum Gregor, can Lenny and Agatha uncover the truth before it's too late . . .?
Who put laser-eyed robot librarians in charge of class discipline? What's with the new pedal-powered desks? And what does it all have to do with the mysterious goings-on in the cellar?
Spy-detectives Tuchus and Topps reckon it's got to be something to do with Pamela Stranglebum and her sinister company, Minerva Industries. With the help of their Scottish gargoyle chum Gregor, can Lenny and Agatha uncover the truth before it's too late . . .?
346 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 8, 2023
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About the author
Sam Copeland
22 books64 followersSam Copeland is a Waterstones Children's Book Prize shortlisted author. He is from Manchester and now lives in London with two smelly cats, three smelly children and one relatively clean-smelling wife. He works as a chicken whisperer, travelling the world using his unique gift to tame wild chickens. Charlie Changes Into a Chicken was his first book. It was followed by the sequel Charlie Turns Into a T-Rex, and the third in the series - Charlie Morphs into a Mammoth - which was published in February 2020. His latest book Uma and the Answer to Absolutely Everything will be released in January 2021. His books have been translated into 26 languages, which is wild really. www.sam-copeland.com
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November 23, 2023
In this one new and old evils appear and things go BOOM! There is tons of excitement and I had oodles of fun!
I was so happy that there was a second book coming! I really had fun reading the first book and see the whacky adventures that our duo go through. But in this one things get even crazier!
Something new is coming to school which awakens the curse in Lenny again, which I am sure makes you wonder, curse? Well, the school is all about renewal energy (wonder if they chatted with my government who is trying to get people not to do that much because the electricity net cannot handle it XD) and that means that the kids have to bicycle throughout ALL of their lessons. Cue in Lenny’s curse and what happens when he tries to ride a bike (yes, he cannot ride a bike, thanks to no one helping him). I had such a laugh though I also felt for Lenny. He is already struggling (I mean, how does he even get to a higher grade, magics?) and then he has to bicycle as well… well, on a tricycle. I was intrigued though with how the system worked and it was fascinating to see how die-hard some peeps went with the whole exercising stuff to get points.
Next to that Lenny learns that transmogrification is something wholly different from teleportation which leads to lots of hilarious scenes as he gets transmogrified with someone close to him. I won’t spoil anything, but oh boy I laughed. Especially since this scenario was present for the rest of the book. Yep. Be prepared for lots of silliness, a dash of love, eating things you shouldn’t eat, and some awkward moments as one of the two tries to figure out how things work.
The mystery was a lot of fun though and I love the evil doer along with a whole group of evil doers present! It was just so fab and I would have also loved to play a bit in the laboratory, some of those inventions are a hard pass (I mean, becoming an amoebe? No thank you) but a lot of them sounded fun!
But as I said before, I do hope that Agatha will see that the way she is treating people is just crap. I mean to compare. Lenny thinks he is fab and he does think Agatha as an assistant. With her it goes much deeper. She seems to see him as nothing more than staff, a helper. She even comments about it in that way. And when hearing about underlings she constantly calls that Lenny, which I am sorry, but wtf is wrong with you? I just wanted to smack her so badly throughout this and the first book.
I loved the two art styles but I wished that they had at least communicated a bit more.
But all in all, this was a wonderful and hilarious volume and I laughed oh so much! I cannot wait for the next one in the series and I am already trying to guess the colour, haha.
review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
I was so happy that there was a second book coming! I really had fun reading the first book and see the whacky adventures that our duo go through. But in this one things get even crazier!
Something new is coming to school which awakens the curse in Lenny again, which I am sure makes you wonder, curse? Well, the school is all about renewal energy (wonder if they chatted with my government who is trying to get people not to do that much because the electricity net cannot handle it XD) and that means that the kids have to bicycle throughout ALL of their lessons. Cue in Lenny’s curse and what happens when he tries to ride a bike (yes, he cannot ride a bike, thanks to no one helping him). I had such a laugh though I also felt for Lenny. He is already struggling (I mean, how does he even get to a higher grade, magics?) and then he has to bicycle as well… well, on a tricycle. I was intrigued though with how the system worked and it was fascinating to see how die-hard some peeps went with the whole exercising stuff to get points.
Next to that Lenny learns that transmogrification is something wholly different from teleportation which leads to lots of hilarious scenes as he gets transmogrified with someone close to him. I won’t spoil anything, but oh boy I laughed. Especially since this scenario was present for the rest of the book. Yep. Be prepared for lots of silliness, a dash of love, eating things you shouldn’t eat, and some awkward moments as one of the two tries to figure out how things work.
The mystery was a lot of fun though and I love the evil doer along with a whole group of evil doers present! It was just so fab and I would have also loved to play a bit in the laboratory, some of those inventions are a hard pass (I mean, becoming an amoebe? No thank you) but a lot of them sounded fun!
But as I said before, I do hope that Agatha will see that the way she is treating people is just crap. I mean to compare. Lenny thinks he is fab and he does think Agatha as an assistant. With her it goes much deeper. She seems to see him as nothing more than staff, a helper. She even comments about it in that way. And when hearing about underlings she constantly calls that Lenny, which I am sorry, but wtf is wrong with you? I just wanted to smack her so badly throughout this and the first book.
I loved the two art styles but I wished that they had at least communicated a bit more.
But all in all, this was a wonderful and hilarious volume and I laughed oh so much! I cannot wait for the next one in the series and I am already trying to guess the colour, haha.
review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
April 29, 2025
The author of this book is named Sam Copeland. I have read or listened as an audiobook most of his books and I have enjoyed them. This is why I decided to borrow also this one, The Attack of the Robot Librarians, from the library. Sam Copeland's style of writing is funny and his books are full of absurd turns.
In this book the main characters are Tuchus and Topps, they are spy detectives that are trying to solve crimes at their school, Little Strangehaven Primary. In this book they are trying to save the school from an evil crime boss that is trying to steal a very expensive jewel from the museum with the power that has come from the classes where they need to pedal exercise bikes during lessons.
I think this was an extremely good book and I recommend this book to people who like exciting books with all kinds of surprising turns. However I recommend that people should read the previous book, The Underpants of Chaos, before this so you know what kind of things happened before.
In this book the main characters are Tuchus and Topps, they are spy detectives that are trying to solve crimes at their school, Little Strangehaven Primary. In this book they are trying to save the school from an evil crime boss that is trying to steal a very expensive jewel from the museum with the power that has come from the classes where they need to pedal exercise bikes during lessons.
I think this was an extremely good book and I recommend this book to people who like exciting books with all kinds of surprising turns. However I recommend that people should read the previous book, The Underpants of Chaos, before this so you know what kind of things happened before.
June 22, 2023
Tuchus & Topps are back, this is their second adventure in the investigative series of which they are the brave and heroic investigators when peculiar events unfold at their school.
It is a new term at Litttle Stangehaven Primary but things are as weird as they were last term, there is a laser-eyed librarian in charge of class discipline, pedal-powered desks and some odd goings on in the cellar… Is it all something to do with Pamela Stranglebum and her sinister company and can their gargoyle friend help them solve the mystery? A hilarious spy-detective series.
It is a new term at Litttle Stangehaven Primary but things are as weird as they were last term, there is a laser-eyed librarian in charge of class discipline, pedal-powered desks and some odd goings on in the cellar… Is it all something to do with Pamela Stranglebum and her sinister company and can their gargoyle friend help them solve the mystery? A hilarious spy-detective series.
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