Otis Dooda: Downright Dangerous

by Ellen Potter, David Heatley (Illustrator)

Overview

After surviving the crazy events of his first weeks in New York City, nine-year-old Otis Dooda is starting out at a brand-new school. He would love to make a good impression, but life in Tidwell Towers is never that easy. With his disgusting seatmate, the possible impending alien invasion, and the introduction of his new nemesis, Sid Frackas "The Greatest LEGO Genius Who Ever Lived" (a title Otis thought was his!), things are getting downright dangerous!

Otis Dooda: Downright Dangerous, the second title in this hilarious chapter book series, again pairs Ellen Potter's unique voice with David Heatley's vivid and engaging illustrations to share the story of a sort-of-average boy with a not-so-average life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250011770
Publisher:	Feiwel & Friends
Publication date:	03/11/2014
Series:	Otis Dooda Series , #2
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

Ellen Potter is the author of Otis Dooda and known for her bestselling Olivia Kidney series, as well as her star-studded novels, The Kneebone Boy and The Humming Room. She swears that everything in this novel is absolutely not true, but we are still on the lookout for the aliens. Read for yourself.

Meet David Heatley. He drew all the pictures for Otis Dooda. When he's not writing songs or playing with Legos or daydreaming, he makes art for magazines, books, and Web sites all over the world, including The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Nickelodeon Magazine.

Read an Excerpt

Otis Dooda

Downright Dangerous

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By Ellen Potter, David Heatley

Feiwel and Friends

Copyright © 2014 Ellen Potter
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-250-01179-4

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CHAPTER 1

THIS IS 100% NOT A LIE

One thing you should know about me is that I don't lie. Not very much, anyway. I don't have anything against lying. It's just that I'm bad at it. Whenever I tell a lie, I sweat like a pig in a bacon factory. Plus, I start talking like an eighty-year-old man.

The reason I'm telling you this is because you are probably going to think this book is made up. It's not. It's all 100% true. The thing is, some weird stuff has happened to me since I moved to New York City this past summer. You might have heard about some of it.

But now there's more.

CHAPTER 2

DIGGING IN THE TREASURE BOX

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's the morning of the first day of school. You wake up all tired and wobbly because you've been staying up late the whole summer. Then you have to go to the bathroom and brush things that you haven't brushed for a while and get dressed before you've even watched any TV.

It's unnatural.

That morning, my older brother, Gunther, and I sat slumped at the kitchen table, looking miserable while shoveling cereal into our mouths.

Mom was in a great mood, though.

"Aren't you guys excited?" she said. "A new school in New York City!"

"No," we both said at the same time.

But she sure was excited. You know why? Because she was finally going to get rid of us for a few hours. I know that's true because I saw it in her text message to Dad. Mom and Dad text-message when they want to tell each other things they don't want us to hear. Then later, when Mom goes to the bathroom, I look at her cell phone and see what's really going on.

Gunther looked at me over his cereal bowl with this cheesy smile on his face.

"You know what happens to new kids, don't you?" he said.

"What?" I said. I knew I shouldn't ask, but I couldn't help myself. I'd never actually been the new kid at a school before.

"The only person who'll sit next to you is the kid who digs in the treasure box," Gunther said.

"What does that mean?"

"Digging ... in ... the ... treasure ... box." Gunther demonstrated by pretending to pick his nose.

The funny thing is, I have never seen Gunther actually pick his nose. Since he's a pretty disgusting guy in general, this always seemed strange to me. I once asked Mom about it.

"Maybe it's because he has good manners," she said.

But we both knew that was ridiculous. So she gave me a stern look and said, "Let's not talk about it, okay? It's very upsetting to Gunther."

That's why I like to bring it up every once in a while.

"Hey, that reminds me, Gunther," I said, "why don't you pick your nose? Are you afraid of the boogeyman?"

Gunther threw a Cheerio at me and hit me right in the eyeball. I flicked a spoon of milk at his head. Mom walked back in, took one look at us, and started text-messaging Dad like mad.

(Continues...)

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Table of Contents

Contents

Title Page,
Copyright Notice,
Dedication,
This Is 100% Not a Lie,
Digging in the Treasure Box,
Big Chunks,
The Greatest Lego Genius Who Ever Lived,
Devil Dog,
Bubble Blasters,
Belly Button Poppers,
Jaws of Death,
Hee-Hee-Hee,
Bob the Goldfish,
Free Advice,
Boris Saliva,
Otis Dooda, Crocodile Wrestler,
Lethal Lunch,
I'm a Li'l Stinker,
Invisibility Vests,
Swamp Gas,
Diabolical,
Alien Eggs,
Bzzzzzz!,
Agent Shaw,
Alien Baby Invasion,
Nostril Tricks,
Face-Holes,
Mighty Mack 500,
My Disgusting Family,
2 Weird 4 Gunther,
Robot Yellow Jackets,
The Anti-Alien Patrol,
War of the Worlds,
Giant Bummer,
Dingle-Dork of the Week,
About the Authors,
Copyright,

Editorial Reviews

Fans of Captain Underpants and Diary of a Wimpy Kid will enjoy the graphic novel format of this series . . . With black-and-white line drawings, large font, and gross bathroom humor, reluctant readers will gravitate toward Otis Dooda.” —School Library Journal

From the Publisher

Parents and teachers: Be advised, the second adventure of Otis and friends has all the body humor and fart jokes that the first one did. The ten-and-under set will love it. Otis is the new kid in his new school this year and it is not starting out to be a great year. He gets baby carrots stuck up his nostrils and his rice pudding explodes all over his shirt at lunch time. The school nurse sends him home for the carrot problem and his mother takes him downstairs to the doorman to use his high powered vacuum cleaner on his nostrils. (Otis has stolen the motor from their vacuum cleaner at home to build a LEGO hovercraft). Another kid in the building has also entered the LEGO contest and is determined to win, even if he has to cheat to do it. Otis manages to build an awesome hovercraft using LEGOs and the motor from his mother’s vacuum cleaner, but the other kid sabotages it so he cannot enter the contest after all. All is well in the end, however; Otis wins another contest and Sid is defeated by another contestant. This is one of several new series modeled after “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” and it will appeal to readers of that series. There are sure to be more of Otis’ adventures to come. Reviewer: Ellen Welty; Ages 7 to 10.

Children's Literature - Ellen Welty

06/01/2014
Gr 3–5—Potter and Heatley pair up again for the second installment in the series. As in the first book, Otis Dooda, Strange but True(Feiwel & Friends, 2013), there is enough slapstick humor to keep even the most reluctant readers engaged. Otis begins third grade as the new kid in school, and as his brother, Gunther, predicted, the only person who sat next to Otis was the kid who "digs in the treasure box." That kid also happens to be the most annoying kid on the planet—Boris, who lives on the fourth floor of Otis's apartment building. As Otis navigates his new school, zaniness ensues. He annoys Potted-Plant Boy again, who then places a curse on him. Later, Otis and his best friend Perry try out belly button poppers and bubble blasters for Perry's dad, with a range of crazy results. Otis loves LEGOs® and believes himself to be the greatest block-building genius who ever lived. Enter arch nemesis, Sid Frackas. There is nothing Sid won't do to keep Otis from entering the LEGO® contest. Fans of "Captain Underpants"(Scholastic) and "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" (Abrams/Amulet) will enjoy the graphic novel format of this series. With black-and-white line drawings, large font, and gross bathroom humor, reluctant readers will gravitate toward Otis Dooda.—Annette Herbert, F. E. Smith Elementary School, Cortland, NY

School Library Journal