Megabat

By: Anna Humphrey

Published by Tundra, 2020-04-07

<b>A sweet and hilarious chapter book about a boy and a bat, two unlikely friends who bond over loneliness, jellyrolls and Darth Vader.</b><br><br>Daniel Misumi has just moved to a new house. It's big and old and far away from his friends and his life before. AND it's haunted . . . or is it?<br><br>Megabat was just napping on a papaya one day when he was stuffed in a box and shipped halfway across the world. Now he's living in an old house far from home, feeling sorry for himself and accidentally scaring the people who live there. <br><br>Daniel realizes it's not a ghost in his new house. It's a bat. And he can talk. And he's actually kind of cute. <br><br>Megabat realizes that not every human wants to whack him with a broom. This one shares his smooshfruit. <br><br>Add some buttermelon, juice boxes, a lightsaber and a common enemy and you've got a new friendship in the making!<br><br>This charming, funny story is brought to life by Kass Reich's warm and adorable illustrations. There's never been a bat this cute -- readers will be rooting for Megabat and Daniel from page one!