Spider Stampede

From the Series S.W.I.T.C.H.

  • Interest Level: Grade 2 - Grade 5
  • Reading Level: Grade 4

All Josh and Danny Phillips want to do is play in the yard with their dog, like regular eight-year-olds. Unfortunately, their crazy neighbor Miss Potts makes sure that they never have any fun. When the boys accidentally stumble on Miss Potts’s secret—that she is working on experiments that change people into bugs—they find themselves in a whole lot of trouble. (They also find themselves with six more legs than normal.) Can the boys survive in the world as spiders? And more important, will they figure out how to change back into humans in time for dinner?

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Interest Level Grade 2 - Grade 5
Reading Level Grade 4
Copyright 2013
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Darby Creek ™
Language English
Number of Pages 104
Publication Date 2014-08-01
Reading Counts! Level 3.3
Text Type Fiction—Science Fiction/Fantasy
BISACS JUV045000, JUV002140, JUV019000
Dewey [Fic]
Graphics 1-color illustrations
Dimensions 5.25 x 7.5
Lexile 580
Guided Reading Level P
ATOS Reading Level 3.9
Accelerated Reader® Quiz 156654
Accelerated Reader® Points 1.0
Features Awards, Original artwork, Reviewed, and Starred Reviews

Author: Ali Sparkes

Before she became an author, Ali worked as a singer, journalist, magazine editor, assistant to a juggling unicyclist, and comedy columnist on BBC Radio. Ali describes herself as, at heart, an 11-year-old boy, and as a child spent a lot of time building forts, climbing trees, and digging up stuff.

Illustrator: Ross Collins

Awards

  • New York Public Library Best Books for Kids, Winner, 2013

Reviews

Library Media Connection

“Though the books are humorous, they are very informative and fascinating with the details about these small creatures.” —starred, Library Media Connection

School Library Journal

“This light, early chapter-book series is a great introduction to a classroom study on insects or arachnids.” —School Library Journal

Kirkus Reviews

“A buggy blast; readers will be happy with the clear signs that that the twins’ career as experimental subjects is far from over.” —Kirkus Reviews