Invasion of the Insects

By Ada Hopper and Sam Ricks

In this sixth DATA Set adventure the kids get shrunk down and go on a buggy adventure across Bunsen’s backyard.

The town of Newtonburg has been invaded by all sorts of creepy-crawlies from mosquitoes to bees to ants and more! What’s worse is that they are all mysteriously swarming toward Dr. Bunsen’s house at the same time that Laura mistakenly gets shrunken down to the size of an insect. Can the DATA Set find their missing friend in time, or will Laura be forever lost in Dr. Bunsen’s backyard…which is full of grasshoppers, spiders, and things that go buzz in the night!

With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, The DATA Set chapter books are perfect for emerging readers.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Little Simon
• Release date: Apr 4, 2017
• ISBN: 9781481471183

Ada Hopper

Ada Hopper has been extremely inventive ever since she was little. There was nothing that a rubber band and some tweezers couldn’t fix, no question that couldn’t be answered by scouring the library, and no way she wasn’t escaping over that backyard fence! Ada loves reading and writing because of all the fantastical worlds a good book can bring you to. When not working, Ada enjoys karaoke, spending time with her family, and going on the occasional adventure or two.

Book preview

Chapter 1

Quit Bugging Me!

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The hot sun shined in through the open tree house window.

Ugh, guys, I can’t take this heat. Cesar sprayed himself with water from a squirt bottle.

Me either, said Olive, swatting away a mosquito. Or these bugs.

It was a Saturday morning in Newtonburg. Gabe, Laura, Cesar, and Olive—otherwise known as the DATA Set—were hanging out in their tree house. Normally the tree house was awesome. But the swarm of bugs flying around made things decidedly unawesome.

Well, it’s kind of cool, said Gabe. I like studying bugs.

Normally I do too, said Olive. But I draw the line at stinkbugs. There were seven in my bedroom this morning. And it’s true—they really do stink!

I woke up with an enormous queen bee in my hair, said Cesar.

That must have been royally annoying! Olive joked.

Hey, good one! Cesar laughed. Oh, oh, I got one. Why did the bee keep secrets?

Olive shrugged. Why?

None of your beeswax!

Olive and Gabe burst into laughter as Cesar added, "Or none of your Bzzzzzzzzz-ness!"

Hey guys, can you quiet down? I’m almost done repairing the air conditioner, Laura said. She was tinkering with a circuit board.

Sorry, Laura. I can close the window to keep the bugs out, Olive offered.

No, don’t. This tree house is made of metal, Laura snapped. The heat will be unbearable if there’s no airflow.