Oxford Education - Bug Muldoon and the Garden of Fear

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Bug Muldoon and the Garden of Fear
Paul Shipton

The name's Muldoon - Bug Muldoon. I'm a private investigator. Best detective in the whole garden. This started off as a missing insect case - but now the ants are acting strange, the Wasp Queen is theatening to kill me, and don't even ask me about the spider! I'm starting to get a sinking feeling about this. My legs are aching - all six of them....

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Teaching Points

Engages lower-ability year 7 pupils
A great read that's short and funny
A good range of teaching opportunities - detective genre, parody, links to mystery fiction, humour, suspense
A link to other media such as the films 'A Bug's Life' or 'Antz'

Themes

Mystery, investigation, friendship, humour