Awesome Dog 5000 vs. Mayor Bossypants (Awesome Dog 5000 Series #2)

by Justin Dean

Overview

Heads up, DOG MAN lovers! Watch out, readers of BAD GUYS! Robotic dog AWESOME DOG 5000 is back in another action-packed adventure with some upgrades. . .just in time to battle a new supervillain!

Time to level up the awesomeness! Ever since discovering Awesome Dog 5000, life for gamers Marty, Ralph, and Skyler has been one epic adventure! But Awesome Dog's spectacular hero work has made front page news — and Mayor Bossypants is not happy about it. The mayor makes a plan to take down that robot dog. . . and anyone else who stands in his way. Which means Marty, Ralph, and Skyler are about to have a real-life Bossypants battle!

Attention, readers! This is a wild action-comedy told through a mix of text and black-and-white illustrations, with a mystery to solve at the end. Can you handle the awesomeness?

Want to replay the first adventure? Check out the first book: Awesome Dog 5000!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780525644859
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	03/03/2020
Series:	Awesome Dog 5000 Series , #2
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	698,949
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.00(d)
Lexile:	660L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Fun fact! Justin Dean is an award-winning writer of television commercials who has led national campaigns for brands such as South Park,Conan, and the Olympics. Now he writes bizarro and funny books for kids, too. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two kids. Unfortunately, they don't have any robot pets (yet). Visit him at justinwritesbooks.com. You can also find him on YouTube under Awesome Draw 5000 and on instagram @jddean5000

Editorial Reviews

"A silly sugar rush of a story."—Kirkus

PRAISE FOR AWESOME DOG 5000 (Book 1):

"An awesome ride! Go, dog, go!"—Chris Grabenstein, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"This book will have kids barking for more adventures!" —Booki Vivat, New York Times bestselling author of Frazzled

"Made for fans of the zany humor of Andy Griffiths and Dav Pilkey."—School Library Journal

“Amplifying silliness to new heights.”—Kirkus

From the Publisher

02/28/2020

Gr 3–5—Marty, Skyler, and Ralph are back in this Awesome Dog 5000 sequel and now face Mayor Bossypants, a small man with a large ego who has managed to convert himself into a "giant maniac robot." How much longer can they hide Awesome Dog from him—especially when they need their canine friend to power their invention, a machine that makes school cafeteria food edible? As in the first volume, almost every page is illustrated with kitschy black-and-white art reminiscent of chibi manga characters and the Powerpuff Girls. The illustrations contain a decoding game, and gamers will be entertained by vivid descriptions of our heroes' favorite video game, Sheriff Turbo-Karate, as well as the plot's extended robot battles crammed with missiles and explosions. The book grounds itself when the friends learn how to be brave enough to own up to a mistake. Ralph and Marty are white, and Skyler has a Korean last name. VERDICT Recommended for gamers and fans of series heavy on illustrations and humor, such as Dav Pilkey's "Dog Man" and Judd Winick's "HiLo."—Lisa Goldstein, Brooklyn Public Library

School Library Journal

2019-12-18
Awesome Dog 5000 and the Zeroes Club return for another wacky adventure.

After an advertisement for the sequel of the kids' favorite video game—starring Sheriff Turbo-Karate, who attacks with "infinity farts"—the story provides readers an explicit recap of series opener Awesome Dog 5000 (2019), reintroducing new kid Marty Fontana, daredevil Skyler Kwon, and trivia-spouting Ralph Rogers. Soon a threat emerges in the form of Mayor Manny Bossypants, a Napoleonic megalomaniac. When the unveiling of a giant statue of the mayor goes badly and Awesome Dog 5000 saves the day, he declares war on the heroes so that the spotlight will be his alone. Meanwhile, the heroes learn that the new video game's affordable version, the "meh edition," isn't worth buying—but if they win the school science fair, they'll be able to afford the "gold deluxe" version. When their early science-invention attempts fail, they gamble on concealing Awesome Dog in their machine, which leads to chaos as the mayor's forces zero in on them. Along the way there's a quickly resolved friendship plot and a message about responsibility that meshes surprisingly well with the silliness. The ending reveals a secret message hidden in the illustrations, which depict the characters rather as though they were cartoon Legos. Diversity among main characters is primarily conveyed through naming convention; Skyler's implied Asian while Marty and Ralph present white.

A silly sugar rush of a story. (Science fiction. 7-11)

Kirkus Reviews