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Game of Pets
The Boy Who Knew Too Much
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Mega-bestselling author Aaron Blabey, creator of The Bad Guys, is back in a diabolically funny, new seven-book series where your pets are not what they seem . . . OK, here's the situation: Thanks to a diabolical intergalactic game show, we are all cooked. Luckily, Griff,...
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Mega-bestselling author Aaron Blabey, creator of The Bad Guys, is back in a diabolically funny, new seven-book series where your pets are not what they seem . . .
OK, here's the situation:
Thanks to a diabolical intergalactic game show, we are all cooked.
Luckily, Griff, an 11-year-old kid with innumerable allergies, just got told by a talking axolotl named Bob that Griff is the only one who can save us.
I mean, that's kind of good news, right?
Trouble is, Bob's prophecy comes with a warning: 'Watch your back, man . . . your PETS are not what they seem . . .'
Prepare to have your mind blown and your cats and dogs under heavy suspicion. It's time to buckle up for an insane, laugh-out-loud new series, 260 million years in the making . . .
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781761773808
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 29 September 2026
Country: Australia
Imprint: Pan Australia
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Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 216
About the Author
Aaron Blabey is a #1 New York Times-bestselling author with around sixty million books in print. His various series, including The Bad Guys, Pig the Pug, Thelma the Unicorn, and Cat on the Run, are widely loved around the world and have been translated into many languages. Aaron is also an executive producer on the DreamWorks movies The Bad Guys and The Bad Guys 2 and on the Netflix musical animation Thelma the Unicorn. aaronblabey.com
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