The story of a great escape by the king of the cockroach racing world and the desperate race against time to save him from extermination! Black Baron, Jake's champion racing cockroach, hasn't lost a race and Jake is on top of the world. But then his "clean freak" mum decides to clean up his bedroom and discovers Black Baron in a shoebox under Jake's bed. Mum is aghast - how could Jake keep such a filthy pest? Black Baron escapes from his shoebox home, but Jake's mum is not deterred; she calls the pest exterminator and an hilarious slapstick tale ensues.

 

This book is part of a book series called Lightning Strikes .

This book has been graded for interest at 7-12 years.

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Walker Books Ltd .

Robyn Opie is a full-time children's author, having published over 60 books. Most of her books are sold around the world and many have been translated into foreign languages. Robyn lives in Adelaide, South Australia, with her partner (also a writer), two dogs and thousands of children's books.