Fart Squad (Fart Squad Series #1)

by Seamus Pilger, Stephen Gilpin (Illustrator)

Overview

It was an average day at Harry Buttz Elementary until . . . KABLAM! The five-bean burritos churning in Darren Stonkadopolis's stomach exploded in a fart so volcanic it melted his desk seat, knocked out his whole class, and got him sent to the nurse—and he's not alone.

Something fishy is going on in Buttzville. And it's up to Darren and his three farting friends to combine their potty powers to get to the bottom of this evil plot—before it's too late. With their scent-sei, Janitor Stan, at their side, the Fart Squad has to learn to harness the powers between their butt cheeks. And then let it RIIIP.

"A flagrant romp. Not to be passed!"—The New York Toots
"A cut above the rest."—StinkyCheese.com
"If you haven't caught wind of Fart Squad yet, don't let this one go!" —Rude News
"We've been dealt a winner!"—SmeltIt.blog.com

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062290458
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	04/21/2015
Series:	Fart Squad Series , #1
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.10(d)
Age Range:	6 - 10 Years

About the Author

Seamus Pilger is an award-winning fartologist and a burrito enthusiast. He first became interested in superfartabilities while studying the alternate forms of propulsion for space travel. While intergalactic gastroenterological propulsion failed, Seamus has made many discoveries in the fermentation of foods in humans. Seamus is a graduate at FRT. He is a lifelong vegetarian and lives on a bean farm in Minnesota.

Stephen Gilpin is the award-winning illustrator of dozens of children's books and has worked for tons of awesome clients. He lives and works with his wife, Angie, in Hiawatha, Kansas.

Editorial Reviews

02/16/2015
Forget gamma rays and radioactive spiders, these young superheroes (who might as well be called the Flatulent Four) gained their powers after eating five-bean burritos from the cafeteria at Harry Buttz Elementary School. With newfound abilities that include bloat-induced levitation, chair-melting heat, and “silent but deadly” knockout gas, Darren Stonkadopolis and three of his classmates try to control their gastric talents while keeping Buttzville safe from a dangerous butt-scratching device that threatens to “flood the entire town with never-ending itches!” Scatological, ridiculous, and proud of it, this is sure to please fans of gross-out humor. Final art not seen by PW. A Full Fathom Five property. Ages 6–10. (Apr.)

Publishers Weekly

02/01/2015
Gr 3–5—Ridiculously farty, this slim book is smelly fun. When his lunch is stolen by school bullies the B.O. twins and Harry Butz II, Darren is forced to eat the school cafeteria's five-bean burritos, with malodorous results. After he releases the smelliest and loudest "fart to end all farts," he is sent to the nurse's office. There he meets Tina, Juan-Carlos, and Walter, who are also suffering from the burritos' side effects. The next day, the farting foursome find themselves using their special abilities to save Walter during a school assembly. Stan, the school custodian, offers to help them hone their gaseous skills for good to become the Fart Squad. While doing research for extra credit, Darren figures out the connection among the stolen lunches, burritos, and Harry Butz II's dastardly plan to stop his perpetual "butt itch" by unearthing the magical Golden Scratcher. The Fart Squad must band together to save the town. VERDICT A goofy and quick read. Put this in the hands of kids who enjoy action and plenty of potty jokes.—Kefira Phillipe, Nichols Middle School, Evanston, IL

School Library Journal

2014-12-06
Lunchroom burritos fuel superpowers in a series blastoff aimed at alimentary readers.When the disappearance of his homemade pickles-and-sauerkraut sandwich forces him to buy lunch ("Horrified gasps erupted around the table"), Darren Stonkadopolis proceeds shortly afterward to issue a "burrito blooper from below the belt" so fiery that his seat melts. The widely feared Five-Bean Burritos cause different but equally powerful effects in three fellow students at Harry Buttz Elementary School. Who is stealing lunches, and why? Can Darren and the others learn to control their vicious vapors and get to the bottom of the mystery? It doesn't take long to sniff out the culprit—Harry Buttz II, noxious grandscion of Buttzville's founders—and (literally) poot paid to his scheme to steal a magical butt scratcher that will spread his itchy family curse to the whole town. Illustrations are frequent but were not seen in finished form. Readers who get a gas from such relentlessly fart-sical humor will come away with aching cheeks. (Fantasy. 8-10)

Kirkus Reviews