Curse of the Werepenguin

If Mel Brooks directed a gothic satire about evil werepenguins, it would be this wacky and hilarious middle-grade novel!

Orphaned as a toddler by parents who disappeared under suspicious circumstances, all Bolt Wattle has ever wanted was to find his true family. When a mysterious baron in far-off Brugaria abruptly sends for Bolt, he wonders if he's getting closer to finding his parents. But Baron Chordata appears to be a twelve-year-old boy who wears tuxedos all the time, shouts at everyone, and forbids Bolt from asking questions. Things couldn't get any worse...until midnight, when the Baron bites Bolt and turns him into a half boy, half penguin. Then things really couldn't get worse...nope, wait, they get a lot worse.

A plucky girl who just might be the world's greatest bandit, a whale cult led by a man whose weapon is a stale loaf of French bread, and a sinister but friendly fortune-teller who can't stop cackling are just a few of the characters who help (and hinder) Bolt on his journey to reverse the curse, return to human form, and stop the Baron from taking over the country of Brugaria with his army of mind-controlled penguins in what might be the weirdest--and funniest--middle-grade novel you've ever read.

Daca Mel Brooks a regizat o satira gotica despre varstnici rai, ar fi acest roman nebun si hilar de clasa medie! Orfan de copil de parinti disparuti in circumstante suspecte, tot ceea ce Bolt Wattle si-a dorit vreodata a fost sa-si gaseasca adevarata familie. Cand un misterios baron din indepartatul Brugaria il trimite brusc pe Bolt, se intreaba daca se apropie de gasirea parintilor.