Monica Lim - Danger Dan Tackles the Majulah Mayhem

Easy to read, funny and uniquely Singaporean. I cant wait to read the next adventure!

Megan, 10, St Anthonys Canossian Primary School

Super funny! Danger Dan has the best jokes ever! I couldnt stop laughing!

Benjamin, 7, Anglo-Chinese School (Junior)

It was so fun I read it all in one day. I want to read the whole series!

James, 9, St Stephens School

I like Danger Dan so much. His adventures are funny yet so cool.

Alejandro, 10, International Community School

A relaxing read. The history and culture of Singapore are cleverly weaved into an adventurous story.

Louise Law, Festival Manager, Hong Kong International Literary Festival

Danger Dan cleverly weaves moments of history into an entertaining read. A page-turner!

Yao Lingyun, Educator, Nanyang Girls High School

An entertaining story! It was hard to put down. Kudos to this mother-and-daughter duo for a well-written tale of adventure.

Sher-li Torrey, Founder, Mums@Work

A fun and funny adventure! An exciting debut by one of Singapores youngest authors!

Adeline Foo, author of The Diary of Amos Lee series

Laugh-out-loud funny!

A.J. Low, author of Sherlock Sam series

Warning: Danger Dan is dangerously fun. A solid hit. Kids, parents and even teachers will love this book!

David Seow, author of Sam, Sebbie and Di-Di-Di series

written by

Lesley-Anne & Monica Lim

illustrated by

James Tan

Copyright 2014 by Monica Lim and Lesley-Anne Tan

lllustrations copyright 2014 Epigram Books

All rights reserved.

Published in Singapore by Epigram Books.

www.epigrambooks.sg

Illustrations by James Tan

Edited by Ruth Wan

Cover design and book layout by Lydia Wong

Published with the support of

National Library Board, Singapore

Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

Lim, Monica

DANGER DAN TACKLES THE MAJULAH MAYHEM/

written by Monica Lim and Lesley-Anne Tan:

illustrated by James Tan.

Singapore : Epigram Books, 2014.

pages cm

ISBN: 978-981-07-8502-4 (paperback)

ISBN: 978-981-07-8503-1 (epub)

1. Composers Juvenile fiction.

2. Riots Juvenile fiction.

3. Superheroes Juvenile fiction.

4. Singapore Juvenile fiction.

I. Tan, Lesley-Anne. II. Tan, James. III. Title.

PZ7

S823 -- dc23 OCN868857875

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the authors imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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To Edmund and Ruth
for believing in the super powers of Danger Dan

Mwahahaha! cackles the Sinister Spy. You want to pick a fight, Fantasy Squad? Try this for size! The giant cockroach that he is riding towers over the metropolitan city of Tokyo.

The asphalt road cracks under the hideous cockroachs weight. The Fantasy Squad gazes up in horror at the insects disgustingly long feelers and six scrabbling legs.

The monstrous bug goes on a destructive rampage, stomping on cars, uprooting trees and snapping electrical wires with ease. A swing of one of its grotesque legs shatters windows and sends shards of glass raining down onto the streets. Just for fun, it crunches on a few buildings.

Chaos ensues as Japanese civilians scream in terror, trying to escape the monster. Silver Wing swoops in on the cockroach at 100 kilometres an hour. At the last minute, he folds his wings in and transforms his whole body into pure silver. Instead of penetrating the cockroachs hard brown shell, Silver Wing merely bounces off it without even leaving a dent.

Energia desperately flings different energy orbs at the giant cockroach. Fire orbs. Water orbs. Electrical orbs. Even explosive orbs. But nothing seems to have any effect on the monster.

Flex Rex stretches out his elastic body between two lamp posts to trip the cockroach. He braces for impact as the cockroach heads towards him. But it is too strong for Flex Rex. Bulldozing past the super canine, the cockroach catapults Flex Rex to the other end of the street.

Cryptic! yells Energia. Do something!

Alright then! hollers Cryptic. Time for a change! Cryptic transforms intoa GIANT BROOM!

He tries whacking the cockroach, to no avail. The cockroach brushes the broom aside with a single swipe. Cryptic, quit fooling around! shouts Silver Wing.

Cryptic changes back as he hits the ground hard. How are we going to beat this thing? he asks, rubbing his leg. Its too big and powerful.

Youre right, announces Energia. Hang on, guys, Ive got an idea. Shutting her eyes in deep concentration, Energia emits a bright, radiant glow. She brings her hands together and fashions another energy orb. This one is bigger than usual and glows a sickly green. Energia throws it with all her might at the giant cockroach. The large orb hits its mark and explodes.

A huge cloud of foul-smelling gas is unleashed.

Noooo! cries the Sinister Spy, as the giant cockroach inhales the insecticide fumes and convulses. Thats impossible! Not bug spray. No! The cockroach collapses onto the ground, throwing the Sinister Spy off its back. It overturns, legs pawing the air. With a final twitch of its long feelers, it takes its last breath.

Eleven-year-old Danny slammed his comic book shut, his heart pounding in his chest. That was the scariest Fantasy Squad adventure yet! Danny was terrified of cockroaches, even little ones. He couldnt imagine facing a monster cockroach.

Suddenly, Danny felt something small and cold on his neck.

AARRRGHHH! he yelped and jumped up, imagining it to be a cockroach. It was on his neck! No, it was down his shirt! Danny leapt up and down like a hysterical monkey, flapping his hands uncontrollably. Out of his shirt tumbled a small, brown eraser.