Killer Pizza

Gr 5—8—In this sequel to Killer Pizza (Feiwel & Friends, 2009), Toby, Annabel, and Strobe, the three teens who work at a pizza joint that fronts as a monster-hunting organization, are in New York City to visit KP's headquarters. They end up defending a runaway monster escaping from her elusive shape-shifting clan, the dekayi, and it is up to them to protect her. While they learn everything they can about Calanthe's people, they integrate her into their suburban Ohio high school. Readers new to the series can jump right in to this follow-up, which opens with a battle scene and leans heavily on action. However, none of it is very suspenseful or even plausible. The plot-driven story offers little in character development and often generalizes teen behavior, but it wraps up neatly.—Shawna Sherman, Hayward Public Library, CA