For Younger Readers

The Entomological Tales of Augustus T. Percival, Book One: Petronella Saves Nearly Everyone

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Release Date: Spring 2009
Plot: On her sixteenth birthday Petronella Arbuthnot discovers that her guardian, Uncle Augustus T. Percival, has developed a most ungentlemanly compulsion: He must eat bugs. Worse still, Uncle Augustus is to attend her soiree and his current state will most definitely be an embarrassment.


During the festivities, when Petronella would much rather be sharing pleasantries with dashing and handsome Lord James Sinclair, important guests are disappearing, kidnapping notes are appearing, many of the clues are insects, and Uncle Augustus is surreptitiously devouring evidence. It’s more than one sixteen-year-old girl should have to deal with. But, truth be told, there is far more yet to come . . .