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Badgers Are GO!

"This fun-filled feast of illustrated fiction sees an unsuspecting badger compelled to undertake a top-secret mission to save the world."

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Framed by a boundlessly boisterous narrative voice that speaks directly to the reader and is all but impossible to resist, Susannah Lloyd's Badgers Are GO! is a sure-fire, read-in-one-sitting winner of a story for 7+-year-olds who adore madcap animal adventures.  

“What-ho, young badgers!” So begins this blast of quirky fiction in typically animated fashion as we’re introduced to the TOP SECRET story of Lulu Whifferton-Rear, a badger who receives a letter informing her that she has “a glorious and industrious future! There is work to be done! And it will be your job to do it!”.

Turns out, Lucy is to be trained to be a “dashed fine pilot” at the Rumpington Academy of Badgering ahead of embarking on a “TOP-SECRET MISSION”.   

Dancing with high-stakes hi-jinks, much mayhem and many mishaps, Badgers Are GO! also ripples with a whole lot of humour that’s dashingly enhanced by Nici Gregory's characterful illustrations.

Joanne Owen
Reviewed by Joanne Owen
Joanne Owen is a writer, reviewer and workshop presenter whose lifelong love of books began when she was growing up in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
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About Badgers Are GO!

A hilarious, heartfelt story following lovable Lulu Whifferton's first top secret mission. Susannah Lloyd's witty, perfectly-pitched writing and Nici Gregory's standout illustrations combine to make an unforgettable reading experience.

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Munchy, crunchy mission adventure.

IT was a cool mission book with the undercover BOPS. The character I liked the most was Lulu as she was the sweet little badger doing her best and becomes the hero at the end.
I loved it when Lulu tried to operate the BOPS and pressing all the buttons it was so funny!
I found the book quite long and it took me a while to read it.... Read Full Review

Jacob Gulliver

A really funny book.

Badgers are Go! is about Lulu Whifferton-Rear, a young badger who gets a letter to attend a school called Rumpington Academy of Badgering to train as a pilot. There she meets the Head, Major Musty Rumpington who keeps shouting at her as she keeps daydreaming about going back home and flying as a pilot high up in the sky. She is to train as a pilot of a human-shaped machine. In Badgers Academy they help humans do the important jobs by making robots disguised as humans and operated by badgers. Lulu meets Wilfred and they become best friends. He believes in her but she feels she doesn’t fit in.

Lulu discovers that Very Important humans like the Prime Minister are actually BOPs - Badger Operated Persons. Something in the Academy seems strange including the new student Albert but Lulu puts it down to her imagination.... Read Full Review

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