First published 2006
Twelve year old Lily Gefelty thinks she leads an ordinary life until she learns the truth about her father's job. Her dad works for an evil genius who intends to deploy an army of angry whales equipped with laser beam eyes and stilts to attack the world. Lily turns to her two best friends for help, but they are far from ordinary themselves. Jasper Dash builds inventions and calls himself Boy Technonaut. Katie Mulligan battles zombies and were-goats in her free time. Both friends have earned fame through their previous adventures. When even these experienced heroes struggle with the whale threat, Lily must step forward. She needs to devise a solution to stop the bizarre attack, even though she considers herself completely average. The fate of the world depends on whether one normal girl can rise to face an utterly abnormal crisis.
Genres: adventure, fantasy, comedy
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking, whimsical
Tropes: chosen-one, fish-out-of-water
3 pages · Audio CD · Listening Library (Audio)