About The Series
Pals in Peril are the funny, offbeat stories of three friends who find crazy adventures in the strangest places.
Lily, Katie and Jasper are best friends who live in the not so quiet community of Pelt. When they're not fighting radioactive squirrels or killer mimes, Lily, Katie and Jasper try to have some
normal everyday fun, but it isn't long before they are off on another adventure, saving the world from intelligent spiders or alien librarians or whatever else the universe throws at them.
As long as they face it together as friends, the universe doesn't have a chance.
Whales on Stilts!
Book 1
Book 1
Summary - It was just supposed to be one of those mildly boring trips to her fathers office for Career Day. At least, that was the kind of trip Lily expected, but she got a little more than she bargained for. It turns out, Lily's dad worked for Larry, an evil genius who's plan to take over the world was just about ready.
Lily told her dad and she tried to tell the authorities, but of course no one wanted to believe a kid, so she did the only other thing she could do. She asked her two best friends for help.
Under normal circumstances, three kids might have trouble defeating an evil genius but Lily's friends weren't normal. Jasper Dash was once the hero in his own series of kids adventure books and he has seen his share of evil geniuses over the years and Katie Mulligan was a heroine in a series of books written about her crazy life in Horrow Hollow, a freaky little community filled with vampire cats and flesh eating mailmen.
These three kids are now determined to to stop Larry and his stilt wearing cetaceans from destroying the human race and ruining a perfectly good summer vacation.
Reviews
"Does the plot sound outlandish? That’s only half the fun. With author asides, rambling footnotes, and inserted advertisements for the fictitious series starring Lily’s friends, this book garners loads of laughs and eye-rolls." - Lemon's Wedge
"Anderson's humor is a step beyond that of Lemony Snicket, fearlessly poking fun at the details while never discounting our heroes' courage in the face of danger. That approach makes for a novel to entertain both young readers, who may happily take it at face value, and older folks, who'll find a tasty multilayered satire which does the good deed of never talking down to its readers." - SF Site
"This is not one of those books that tries too hard to be clever. This is one of those books that just simply IS clever. The very embodiment of it." - Bright Copper Penny
"Two added bonuses; the story is peppered with interesting facts about whales and there is a hilarious discussion guide provided at the end of the book." - Story Snoops
The Clue of the Linoleum Lederhosen
Book 2
Book 2
Reviews
"Uh, yeah. I get the joke. I think I get the joke of The Clue of the Linoleum Lederhosen. Some of it was very funny. But did we have to discuss snot for so long, in so much detail?" - Semicolon
"While there are not as many jokes and outrageous author asides as in the first in the series, Whales on Stilts!, Anderson's humor still shines through, especially in the characters staying at the Moose Tongue Lodge and Resort". - Bookloons
"There are annoying characters, crazy characters, silly characters, ghostly appearances, bad jokes, and anything else you can think of, including the liberation of stuffed animal heads." - Rave Mysteries
"Before it's all over, there's a jewelry heist, stolen taxidermy, broken chairs, a cocoa splurge, uncomfortable Bavarian clothing, a near death experience involving chunky snot and numerous people will be poked with pointy antlers. This is not your mommy's Nancy Drew." - Phineas Farnum
Jasper Dash & the Flame-Pits of Delaware
Book 3
Book 3
Reviews
"...While at times I thought the descriptions of the impossibly strange indigenous creatures of Delaware went on a bit too long, and the bickering between Jasper and Katie was sometimes more dull than droll, there is plenty of goofy fun and laugh-out loud moments (the face-off between the pacifist monks and the cliche-spouting Jersey gangsters is not to be missed)" - Not Just For Kids
"Not every kid is going to get these books, but if your child has a quirky sense of humor, reads voraciously, and likes sci-fi/fantasy and adventure/suspense, give the series a try. Because where else are you going to meet the kangaroo-riding cannibals of Delaware but in Anderson's East Coast jungle?" - Book Aunt
Agent Q, or The Smell of Danger!
Book 4
Book 4
Reviews
"Agent Q, or the Smell of Danger! (I love writing out that title) gets four and a half cupcakes. These books aren’t for everyone, but they are definitely for me, and I can’t wait for the next one." - Active Voice
"It would be tempting to skip writing a review of Anderson's latest and instead fill this space with many of the endlessly delightful quotes that fill its pages. It's the kind of book that will have readers laughing like maniacs and then begging to read hilarious passages aloud to curious onlookers. But I'll resist the urge." - Kids Reads
Zombie Mommy!
Book 5
Book 5
Reviews
"Ridiculous in all the best ways." - Kirkus Reviews
"ZOMBIE MOMMY is the fifth book in M. T. Anderson's Pals in Perilseries, and probably one of the best. The focused plot helps keep the absurdity under control, resulting in just the right level of zaniness - Kids Reads
Official Illustrators Sites
Kurt Cyrus - This is the guy who does all the funny interior illustrations for Pals in Peril
Brandon Dorman - This is the guy who paints the covers for the series. Dorman also has a sketch blog where he shows you stuff he's currently working on.
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