Brute-Cake: A Branches Book (The Binder of Doom #1) by Troy Cummings
Series: The Binder of Doom
Published by Branches on April 30th 2019
ISBN: 1338314661
Pages: 96
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A new series from the creator of “The Notebook of Doom,” this complementary series brings us back to the world of the Super Secret Monster Patrol (SSMP). In this title, Alexander Bopp is out of monsters to fight and he misses them. He misses the action and excitement, and he misses how it brought him and his two best friends, Nikki and Rip, together to keep the town of Stermont safe. He misses the SSMP. But not to worry, the monsters can’t be squashed that easily and one has found a way to survive and protect a legion of monsters, biding his sweet time until he can unleash all of them back on Stermont. As the evil cake monster implements his dastardly plan, Alexander, reunited with Nikki and Rip, gets his wish and the end of the book finds a new office product filling with monsters to round up. More titles are already planned. A Branches title aimed at emerging and elementary readers, and using humor, short chapters, non-stop action, and creative monsters straight out of a child’s drawing pad, this one will have high appeal.

Reviewed by Jill O’Connor, Merrill Memorial Library, Yarmouth