Milo Speck, Accidental Agent

Written by Linda Urban

Narrated by L.J. Ganser

When magic came to Milo Speck, it came in the form of a sock. "Figures," said Milo. So begins Milo's adventure in Ogregon, a place populated with hungry ogres, dino-sized turkeys, kidnapped kids, and-Dad? What's Milo's regular-old salesman father doing in Ogregon? For that matter, how did a shrimp like Milo end up there? He's no hero. He can't help those kids. Right? But there's no time for Milo to get the answers. After all, hungry ogres like nothing more than a tasty bite of boy, and what kid is going to stick around for that? A fast escape back home to Downriver is all that matters-until Milo realizes that what's really afoot in Ogregon goes far beyond an ogre quest for snack food. And his own family may be somehow mixed up in the dastardly plot. But what can a small boy in a very big world possibly do about that?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Dec 25, 2015
• ISBN: 9781501910876

Linda Urban

Linda Urban has written many award-winning books for young readers, including the novels Almost There and Almost Not, A Crooked Kind of Perfect, Hound Dog True, The Center of Everything, and Talk Santa to Me. For ten years, she served as marketing director at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena, California. Currently, she teaches in the Writing for Children and Young Adults program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. She has been visited by only one ghost, and he was not at all snooty. Visit her at LindaUrbanBooks.com.

Reviews for Milo Speck, Accidental Agent

[carlathelibrarian · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The mystery of where do socks go when they don't come out of the dryer is answered in this book. When Milo checks the dryer for the missing sock when he is matching them up, he ends up pulled into Ogregon. While escaping from a boy-eating ogre he ends up in the Home Office where he stumbles onto a plot to "squash" Tuckerman, his father's boss. While trying to rescue Tuckerman, the adventure continues. What really happened with his mom and dad? Can they foil the plot to provide children to the ogres for snacks? This is a humouous fantasy that children will love. This book would be a great read aloud in a classroom or a great "chapter book" read for children from grades 3 to 6.

I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

[imtanner2 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This funny little chapter book is about a boy named Milo who leads a pretty ordinary life. One day, he's doing his chores and goes to get the laundry out of the dryer and is sucked into Ogregon (land of the ogres) and finds his dad's boss (who is not who Milo expected!), his dad, giant turkeys, ogres, and other kids who have been sucked into Ogregon. It's funny, mysterious, and adventurous. Kids are going to love this one.