The Bad Guys in the Furball Strikes Back
The Bad Guys in the Furball Strikes Back by Aaron Blabey takes about 29 minutes to read aloud (3,214 words, about 2 sentences a page), and it lands best with children aged 5-8.
Measured read-aloud timeabout 29 minutes
- Words
- 3,214
- Sentences a page
- 2
- Re-read tolerance
- 4/5survives a fortnight on repeat
- Vocabulary
- 2/5everyday words
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The useful verdict
Why The Bad Guys in the Furball Strikes Back works
Book three, where the guinea pig from book one turns out to be the villain and the series stops being a set of gags and becomes a plot with a returning enemy. Useful as the point to decide whether your child is in for the long haul - it reads fastest of the three and it is the one that hooks.
Before you buy it
Third in a series that genuinely requires order. Dr Rupert Marmalade is a mad-scientist villain with a machine that turns the heroes' bodies inside out, drawn in enough detail to bother a squeamish six-year-old.
Themes: comics, villains, guinea pigs, science fiction, teamwork.
Same shape, new story
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Straight answers
Questions parents ask about The Bad Guys in the Furball Strikes Back
- How long does it take to read The Bad Guys in the Furball Strikes Back aloud?
- About 29 minutes at an unhurried pace, from a word count of 3,214. Reading it fast shaves perhaps a third off; stopping for questions on every page can double it.
- What age is The Bad Guys in the Furball Strikes Back actually for?
- Ages 5-8 in our testing, which is narrower than the publisher's range. With 2 sentences a page and vocabulary at 2 out of 5, it asks for that much attention span and no more.
- Does The Bad Guys in the Furball Strikes Back survive being read on repeat?
- Yes. It survives a fortnight of nightly repeats, which is the real test.