The Eleventh Epic Novel By Dav Pilkey

U INSIDE sampler V4.indd 2SNEAK PREVIEWThe Eleventh Epic Novel byDav Pilkey8/7/14 10:30:48

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CHaPter 1GeorGe anD HarolDThis is George Beard and Harold Hutchins.George is the kid on the left with the tieand the flat-top. Harold is the one on theright with the T-shirt and the bad haircut.Remember that now.U INSIDE sampler V4.indd 10138/7/14 10:30:56

If you’re confused by what’s going onhere, don’t worry. They’re confused, too.You see, George, Harold and CaptainUnderpants had just undergone an epicadventure that started out in the dinosaurage and ended at their school – forty yearsin the future. Now, thanks to Melvin Sneedly(the tattletale genius) and his glow-in-thedark, time-travelling Robo-Squid suit, theywere all hurtling backwards in time. Back along, long, long time ago to that dull, oldfashioned age known as the present.U INSIDE sampler V4.indd 11148/7/14 10:30:57

Oh, I almost forgot. Travelling withthem were three purple-and-orange-speckledeggs, laid by their pet pterodactyl, Crackers,who, along with their other pet – Suluthe Bionic Hamster – had just saved theplanet and created all life as we know it,simultaneously.See? That wasn’t confusing at all, was it?Melvin’s glow-in-the-dark, time-travellingRobo-Squid suit whizzed through time in adazzling array of electrified eye candy asforty years sped by in reverse.U INSIDE sampler V4.indd 12158/7/14 10:30:58

Then everything stopped suddenly.George and Harold looked around.“Hey,” said Harold. “We’re still here atschool!”“Correct,” said Melvin. “Only it’s nowforty years and one day earlier.”U INSIDE sampler V4.indd 13168/7/14 10:30:59

“Hey, look,” said George, pointing at theschool. “There’s Tippy and his Robo-Pants.”“Not again,” Harold moaned.“Relax,” said Melvin, as a flash of greenlight shot out of the library window. “You’relooking at something that happenedyesterday, remember?”“Oh, yeah,” said Harold. “We were upthere in the library. We just disappeared inthe Purple Potty!”“Right,” said George. “And Tippy is justabout to come after us. He should beleaving any second now.”U INSIDE sampler V4.indd 14178/7/14 10:30:59

Suddenly, a crackling blue light shot outof the Robo-Pants, and before you could say“convoluted plotline”, it disappeared into thenoontime haze.“OK,” said Melvin. “Here you are. Homeagain, home again, jiggity jig! Take yourprecious eggs and go about your business!”“Wait a second,” said George. “Aren’t thecops still after us?”“Yeah,” said Harold. “Don’t they still thinkwe stole that money from the bank?”U INSIDE sampler V4.indd 15188/7/14 10:30:59

“Not any more,” said Melvin proudly,patting himself on the back with one of hismechanical tentacles. “Luckily, I had thisglow-in-the-dark, time-travelling Robo-Squidsuit in my garage. I used it to go back intime and hack into the bank’s computer.”“What for?” asked Harold.“No big deal,” said Melvin. “I altered theirsurveillance images a little bit. Just don’tgrow a moustache or a beard anytime soon,and you guys’ll be fine.”U INSIDE sampler V4.indd 16198/7/14 10:30:59

“Wow,” said Harold. “MelvinSneedly rescued us. I can’t believe it!”“Yeah, I don’t get it, Melvin,” said Georgesuspiciously. “You’ve always hated us. Howcome you’re being so nice to us all of asudden?”“Oh, I have my reasons,” said Melvin. “Ihave my reasons.”And Melvin did indeed have reasons. Onewhole year’s worth of reasons. But beforeI can tell you that story, I have to tell youthis story. . .U INSIDE sampler V4.indd 17208/7/14 10:30:59

CHaPter 2Don’t you Hate itWHen a kiCkBallHits uranus?Somewhere in the deepest, darkest reaches ofour solar system, a red, rubber kickball waszooming through space. None of Earth’s topscientists could explain where it had comefrom, or why it was racing towards Uranus,but it had been on its present course forthe past five and a half books, andnothing could stop it.U INSIDE sampler V4.indd 18218/7/14 10:31:00

The kickball sped closer and closer toa small cluster of porcelain monstrositiesthat lay together in a heap on the surfaceof the icy, ridiculously named planet. Behindthem, guarding them all with a keen,observant eye, was a robotic sentinel knownas the Incredible Robo-Plunger. Faster andfaster the kickball whizzed towards them,until finally. . .U INSIDE sampler V4.indd 19228/7/14 10:31:02

The force of the red, rubber ballknocked the head right off of theIncredible Robo-Plunger. The decapitateddefender jutted forward slightly, asPhoto-Atomic ic juicedrizzled out from its mangled neck holeand oozed slowly downward into thegaping mouth of the Turbo Toilet 2000.U INSIDE sampler V4.indd 20238/7/14 10:31:02

ThisThis waswas unfortunate,unfortunate, becausebecause asas anyany robotroboticsics engineerengineer willwill telltell you,you, it’sit’s veryvery atingto keep Photo-Atomic icYectofantriplutoniczanziptomistic juicejuice asas farfarawayfromevilrobotsaspossible.away from evil robots as possible.YouYou certainlycertainly don’tdon’t wantwant toto getget eveneven aadropdrop ofof itit inin theirtheir mouths,mouths, forfor itit willwill onlyonlymakethemcometolifeandgivethemmake them come to life and give them e appetite for destruction. dly, is exactly what happened that bleaknightnight onon thethe terriblyterribly gassygassy surfacesurface ofof Uranus.Uranus.U INSIDE sampler V4.indd 21248/7/14 10:31:04

The Turbo Toilet 2000’s bulbous,bloodshot eyes smacked open and wobbledaround wildly. His massive left arm creakedup and rubbed the painful, throbbing sideof his porcelain lid.“Where the heck am I?” he said, lookingaround at his fallen allies. Clumsily, hesqueaked to his feet, dusted himself off andbeheld the headless mess that once was theIncredible Robo-Plunger. Then it all cameback to him. The battle. The defeat. Thehumiliation.U INSIDE sampler V4.indd 22258/7/14 10:31:04

It wasn’t long before the Turbo Toilet 2000had pieced together every single event thathad brought him and his army of TalkingTToilets to this frozen, frustrating fate.T“I must retaliate,” he said, clenching hisrazor-sharp porcelain teeth together tightly.“I must avenge my fallen allies!”U INSIDE sampler V4.indd 238/7/14 10:31:05

Find out what happensnext in the NEWCaptain UnderpantsOut26thAugustU INSIDE sampler V4.indd 24Available in Ireland fromand in the UK fromSubject to availability. Most stores.8/7/14 10:31:06

aBout tHe aut Ho rWhen Dav Pilkey was a kid, he suffered fromADHD, dyslexia and behavioural problems. Davwas so disruptive in class that his teachers madehim sit out in the hall every day. Fortunately,Dav loved to draw and make up stories. He spenthis time in the hallway creating his own originalcomic books.In the second grade, Dav Pilkey created acomic book about a superhero named CaptainUnderpants. His teacher ripped it up and toldhim he couldn’t spend the rest of his life makingsilly books.Fortunately, Dav was not a very good listener.U INSIDE sampler V4.indd 258/7/14 10:31:06

You see, George, Harold and Captain Underpants had just undergone an epic adventure that started out in the dinosaur age and ended at their school – forty years in the future. Now, thanks to Melvin Sneedly (the tattletale genius) and his glow-in-the-dark, time-travelling Robo-Squ