The Danger Guys series, by Tony Abbott
Noodle really likes waffles, but he likes his best friend, Zeek, more than he likes waffles. And, Noodle and Zeek absolutely love danger. Which is good, because they always seem to find it…danger that is. They make a great team. Noodle has all the ideas, and Zeek provides the muscle.
Book 1: Danger Guys
Noodle and Zeek go to the grand opening of a Danger Guys adventure store. Among all of the typical survival gear, there is a table of golden masks, little statues, and jewelry. When Noodle and Zeek go into a small room filled with more “treasure,” they find themselves in the back of a truck. Before they can react, the truck engine starts, and the boys are whisked away. After traveling a while, the truck hits a deep rut, the back doors pop open, and the boys escape. They fall down a hidden tunnel and into an underground river. Following the river, Noodle and Zeek discover an underground temple and the Emersons, a famous exploring duo. Mr. Emerson tells the boys that the thieves set off an ancient booby trap when they forced open the temple door. Can Noodle and Zeek save the day before everyone drowns?
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Book 2: Danger Guys Blast Off
The Mayville Carnival is in full swing with Noodle eating his fill of Belgian Waffles, and Zeek testing his strength on the strongman game. Then, the boys see the rockets. A sleek silver-nosed purple rocket with green fins calls Noodle’s name. A strange wild-haired man in a white lab coat gets into the rocket before them. He keeps muttering, “It’s mine.” The attendant tells the man that the rockets are for kids only so he gets out, and the Danger Guys get in. Before they know what’s happening, the rocket breaks loose from the ride and blasts away from the carnival. It crashes in Mayville’s schoolyard and disappears underground. When a patch of playground slides open, the guys climb down a ladder right into the underground laboratory of a mad scientist. Can they foil Dr. Morbius’s plan to blow up Mayville!
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Book 3: Danger Guys: Hollywood Halloween
Mr. Pilinsky, Zeek’s dad, surprises the boys with tickets to Paragon Movie Studio. Every single movie the Danger Guys love was filmed at Paragon! The tour begins normally enough. Then, huge bolts of lightning shoot from the sky followed by a deluge of rain. Zeek and Noodle are so busy getting it all on camera, they don’t realize that everyone else has disappeared. As Noodle and Zeek turn to leave, a lightning bolt lands at their feet. A second bolt chases them into another soundstage where Metalhead, a seven-foot robot, blasts the door open so he can destroy the “invaders.” As one scary special effect follows another, Noodles remembers that the studio’s special effects are controlled by one big computer. Maybe the lightning fried the Big Brain’s brain! That means that their families are in danger, too!
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Book 4: Danger Guys Hit the Beach
The Danger Guys are at the beach and feeling a bit bored. Their boredom disappears when the surfers start talking about the Golden Crest and a sea monster that lives near a barely visible island. While the guys ask questions, Zeke loses control of a ten-foot surfboard. He knocks himself, Noodle, and the surfboard into a nearby motorboat. As Zeke falls, his foot hits the motor’s power switch, and the Danger Guys are off careening through the water. First, the boat’s motor won’t turn off, then, after a swift purposeful kick, it won’t turn on. Of course, the boat springs a leak and fills with water. As their fate hangs in the balance, the sea monster rears its slimy snout, bulging eyes, and snaky clawed arms. The boys use the surfboard to escape to the barely visible island. There, they find treasure hunters preparing to blow up a pirate ship. Can the Danger Guys save Mayville from the tidal wave the blast will create?
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Book 5: Danger Guys on Ice
Noodle goes with Zeek’s family to Mine Mountain Lodge to celebrate Zeek’s birthday. Zeek wants to ride the ski lift up and make one run down the slope before the party starts so he pulls Noodle onto the lift and off they go. Suspended fifty feet in the air, the ski lift’s cable breaks, and the guys plunge into the deep snow. As they trudge down the slope on foot, they are caught in a blizzard. Next, they find themselves running for their lives as an avalanche rumbles down the mountain. They escape death by falling into a deep ravine where they find a frozen caveman. A strange rumbling shakes the cave and splits the ice. They hear something humming the tune to an old TV show. They have discovered the new underground laboratory of Dr. Morbius. Zeek and Noodle try, once again, to foil the madman’s plans to destroy Mayville.
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Book 6: Danger Guys and the Golden Lizard
When Mr. and Mrs. Emerson, the greatest explorers in the world, participate in Mayville School’s Evening Lecture Series, they announce that they will leave that very night for Maribo, a tiny country deep in the jungles of Central America. They are off to find the Golden Lizard, and, they are taking Zeek and Noodle with them. Just before the four explorers are due to fly off, six men in oily black suits kidnap the Emersons. Noodle and Zeek decide to follow them to Maribo so they board the old, decrepit airplane that the Emersons hired. The plane crash lands a few miles from their destination, but no one is hurt. Fighting through the dense jungle foliage, the guys find Maribo City and some unexpected help. The Danger Guys race to find the Emersons and the Golden Lizard by staying one step ahead of the kidnappers
