Honestly, this book was not my favorite. I wasn’t much of a fan for the story as it was so convoluted with three different things going on at the same time. I had a rough time distinguishing characters because of the art style, but that was easy to work with. However, just because I didn’t personally enjoy this book doesn’t mean that others won’t. Just be warned that it is a horror story even with the almost silly title (the title betrayed me! I thought it would be somewhat silly and fun as a kids book, but nope!).

I originally found this book in my library for a graduate assignment I’m working on and I was amazed to find it in the children’s room. This book was the thing of nightmares full of body horror. It honestly felt like an Invader Zim comic without the humor and fun colors (and I love Zim to death, but those are still classified as teen in my library). Again, it just wasn’t for me.
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Received via NetGalley for review.

Nathan Hale sure knows his audience! A perennially popular author in many middle-school libraries, Hale hits it out of the park again with this graphic novel. Weird, fun, and fast paced, this little graphic novel attracts your interest right from the title and never lets up with its surrealistic and humorous take on your typical "kids save the world" plot line. ( )

children's middlegrade graphic novel (sci fi/horror)
weird and creepy. the taco bears were awfully cute though. ( )

This is a super weird read, and a very good choice for a kid/teen who wants something scary. It's gross and definitely goes in surprising and baffling directions, but it's not particularly violent/gory just extremely weird. And full of tentacles. And a person made out of teeth. I was left deeply unsettled, basically, and I think our middle school kids will love it. ( )

A strange little MG graphic novel about a late-night run for fast food by a group of school kids that turns into a run for their lives against taco bag squid bees that are replicating and therefore distorting and destroying the world. Weird but also kind of fun. Possibly a little too scary for the more timid MG readers, though. ( )