“The Hooligan brothers’ go-cart race takes an unexpected turn when a sock-eating, foul-smelling, giant purple alien enlists their help completing his extraterrestrial merit badges…Corny jokes, constant banter, and high jinks abound…The humor is squeaky clean, and the Hooligan brothers have good hearts.” Kirkus Reviews
Description
A new series written by the illustrator of the Fablehaven series, Brandon Dorman
Meet the Hooligan brothers, Henry, Hank, and Hector, who are fun-loving, go-cart-racing, up-for-anything boys, and they are expert pranksters! The school bully, Rock, picks on the boys, tries to outprank them, and especially tries to lay blame for his pranks on them. Enter a purple, blobby, friendly outer-space alien. He has come to Earth to earn badges for his extraterrestrial space-scout sash. The brothers name him Hoolie and quickly learn about his alien ways:
- Hoolie gets smelly when he’s hungry, and that’s how the boys know it’s time to feed him.
- He eats clothes, especially socks. Mom and Dad don’t know what is going on originally, but soon they figure out why the family socks are disappearing from the Hooligan house.
- He has a compartment in his belly, like Mary Poppins’ carpetbag, that can somehow hold an endless supply of neat gizmos and gadgets.
- The boys can’t communicate with him at first and rig up an electronic device to help them read Hoolie’s mind.
The Hooligan boys keep Hoolie a secret until he saves a neighborhood girl from a burning building and the town befriends him. Then a team of mysterious strangers dressed in black who call themselves “Animal Control” arrive, but the Hooligan boys know this can’t be true.
The boys must resolve their problem with Rock, help Hoolie earn his merit badges on Earth, and help him find his way home before “Animal Control” captures him!
Praise
“The Hooligan brothers’ go-cart race takes an unexpected turn when a sock-eating, foul-smelling, giant purple alien enlists their help completing his extraterrestrial merit badges…Corny jokes, constant banter, and high jinks abound…The humor is squeaky clean, and the Hooligan brothers have good hearts.” Kirkus Reviews
Details
| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Release Day | Sep 5, 2016 |
| Release Date | September 6, 2016 |
| Number in Series | 1 |
| Series Display String | The Hoolie and the Hooligans Series |
| Release Date Machine | 1473120000 |
| Imprint | Shadow Mountain |
| Provider | Shadow Mountain |
| Categories | Children's Books, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Children/YA, Children 8-12, Fiction - All, Fiction - Child, Science Fiction |
Author Bio
Brandon Dorman is an author and illustrator of the New York Times bestseller Fablehaven. As a freelance illustrator, his work has appeared in children’s books and on numerous covers, including the Goosebumps, Land of Stories, and Janitors series, as well as the Fablehaven series. He earned a degree in fine arts from Brigham Young University.
Narrator Bio
Mark Turetsky is an award-winning audiobook narrator and voice-over artist living in Brooklyn. In addition to audiobooks, he has voiced numerous commercials, video games, and online presentations. Turetsky is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and holds a minor in English and American Literature. He was an AudioFile Best Voice for 2010 and 2013.
Overview
A new series written by the illustrator of the Fablehaven series, Brandon Dorman
Meet the Hooligan brothers, Henry, Hank, and Hector, who are fun-loving, go-cart-racing, up-for-anything boys, and they are expert pranksters! The school bully, Rock, picks on the boys, tries to outprank them, and especially tries to lay blame for his pranks on them. Enter a purple, blobby, friendly outer-space alien. He has come to Earth to earn badges for his extraterrestrial space-scout sash. The brothers name him Hoolie and quickly learn about his alien ways:
- Hoolie gets smelly when he’s hungry, and that’s how the boys know it’s time to feed him.
- He eats clothes, especially socks. Mom and Dad don’t know what is going on originally, but soon they figure out why the family socks are disappearing from the Hooligan house.
- He has a compartment in his belly, like Mary Poppins’ carpetbag, that can somehow hold an endless supply of neat gizmos and gadgets.
- The boys can’t communicate with him at first and rig up an electronic device to help them read Hoolie’s mind.
The Hooligan boys keep Hoolie a secret until he saves a neighborhood girl from a burning building and the town befriends him. Then a team of mysterious strangers dressed in black who call themselves “Animal Control” arrive, but the Hooligan boys know this can’t be true.
The boys must resolve their problem with Rock, help Hoolie earn his merit badges on Earth, and help him find his way home before “Animal Control” captures him!
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