The Hat of Great Importance

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In the second book in this wry series, award-winning author Patrick Ness explores school anxiety and the highs and lows of friendship with sidesplitting honestyand pits our heroes against a slippery new supervillain.

On what should be a normal school day at their normal schoolrecently rebuilt at great expense by the towns supervillain after her son destroyed it with a giant robot pelican suitthings begin to spin out of control for monitor lizards Zeke, Daniel, and Alicia and Meil the hawk the moment they board the school bus. For no good reason, Zeke is deeply unsettled by Daniels new pink hat. The tower sprouting on the towns tallest hill surely contains a Death Ray of Death. And Meils predator instincts have kicked in: what if he accidently eats his friends or their new classmate, Peggy the flounder, in her portable aquarium? At school, Zeke suspects the new guidance counselorwho hails from the same pelican crime family as their nemesisof turning Daniel and Alicia against him. Or was it something Zeke said? With lively graphic illustrations, breakneck action, and a big heart, book two blends droll satire with belly laughs to prove that when life turns up the heat ray, you get to choose who to be. Even unlikely reptilian heroes need the courage to say theyre sorry.