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The Bad Guys Read Alikes

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Everyone love a true crime adventure. We see it in literature for all different ages and readers. The Bad Guys is a perfect example of this. Intermediate readers have fallen for these scoundrels so much that it's been made into a movie. If you loved joining Mr. Wolf, Mr. Shark, Mr. Snake and Mr. Piranha on their adventures in trying to not be bad guys, you might want to read these four books.

Remy Sneakers vs. the Robo-Rats
By Kevin Sherry
New York: Scholastic Press, 2017. Intermediate.

Remington Raccoon, also know as Remy Sneakers, is framed for the break-in at the Science Museum. To clear his name, he and his friends set out to capture the culprit and end up head-to-head against a criminal mastermind and his robotic minions.

InvestiGators
By John Patrick Green
New York: First Second, and imprint of Roaring Brook Press, 2020. Comics.

This pair of gators use their "very exciting spy technology" to go undercover at Batter Down to find the missing famous chef. Mango and Brash are prepared for anything--that's the motto of a S.U.I.T. agent.

                                                               
The Most Annoying Robots in the Universe
By Russ Bolts
New York: Little Simon, 2019. Intermediate.

Curious scientists send a camera into deep space to see what was beyond their solar system. What they found was two goofy robots. Joe Bot and Rob Ot start recording their adventures and beam them down for all of earth to watch.


By Ralph Lazar
New York: Scholastic Press, 2021. Intermediate.

Dash Candoo never gets a break. His Monday started off with a bang when right out his front door, combat-ready scallywags and a two-tailed devil cat were ready to fight. It doesn't stop there. Dash uses his head to get out of every situation he finds himself in.
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