Media release — school is out for summer, and for the Tackleford mystery team, that indicates lazy days, balmy evenings, and… creeping existential dread that threatens the whole city. With half the team gallivanting off to exotic locales (like Aunty Kath’s in Margate), can Linton, Jack, and Lottie fix this season’s a lot of dire case?
The case of the Unwelcome Visitor, the sixth book in John Allison’s award-winning bad Machinery series, pits our young heroes against the terrors of the unfamiliar and unknown. Lottie’s mum and sister have both fallen in love (thanks to the internet), Linton is figured out to save his daddy from the soul-sucking responsibility of a promotion, and why is Jack working at the local paper with team nemesis (and hot-shot reporter) Erin Winters? Isn’t print indicated to be dead?
Could the link between these tangled threads be The night Creeper, who prowls Tackleford’s streets and leaves people in the healthcare facility with a blank stare and a horrible smile on their face?
BAD MACHINERY volume 6
(W/A/C/CA) John Allison
AGE RANGE: 10 and up
GENRE: Humor, Mystery
PRICE: $19.99
144 PAGES
Accolades for bad MACHINERY
British Comic Awards—Best Comic (2012)
Cybils awards finalist—Graphic Novels: young adult (2013)
Publishers Weekly’s best Children’s books of 2013
YALSA’s terrific graphic Novels for Teens (2014, 2015—TOP TEN, 2016, 2017—nomination)
Cybils awards finalist—Graphic Novels for elementary & middle Grades (2014)
Texas library Association’s Maverick graphic novel List, grade 9–12 (2015)
Parents’ choice Awards, recommended Seal, Fiction (2016)
Praise for bad MACHINERY
“The case of the Unwelcome visitor uses a delicately balanced blend of the natural and supernatural, and Allison keeps a light, refreshing tone by means of humor, even as the mystery deepens […] By spreading the focus across his large stable of characters, Allison has not only kept this sixth volume in the series from seizing up and stalling, he’s got it running smoothly on all gears.” Foreword Reviews
“[…] Allison effortlessly blends sensible teenagers, full of both silliness and angst, and wonderful events […] The result is a charmingly odd story that will appeal to both teens and adults.” Booklist
“The special storyline, smart dialogue and appealing art make this book (and series) easy to fall for.” Parents’ choice Foundation
“A good, humorous addition to school and public libraries’ graphic novel collections.” school library Journal
“Allison is a triple threat: he plots deftly, draws confidently, and writes dead-on adolescent dialogue. […] Dark, fast-paced, and riotously funny entertainment.” Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
“Important advice: if you’ve never read bad Machinery, get started now. ideal now. Seriously.” SKTCHD Off Panel
“[…] my new favorite series. […] They make me laugh a lot. (Think Calvin and Hobbes, The Office, and true indicating of Smekday.)” Everead
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