Craddock, E. (2010). Stone rabbit #4: Superhero stampede. New York, N.Y. :Random House Children's Books.
This particular book is the fourth in the Stone Rabbit series. The story begins with Judy Goose, Andy, Turtle and Rabbit (no character names are given for the turtle and rabbit) are racing on a video game at Mr. Goat's store. Judy ends up winning and Rabbit and Turtle blames Andy for losing the race even though they too were behind Judy. When Turtle and Rabbit start calling Andy names he leaves with one of his favorite comic books. Meanwhile, Judy tells Mr. Goat and the others about her latest invention - the Matter Algorithm Generating Initiative or Maggie for short. Whenever a user defined media is inserted into the slot, it turns into a temporary reality. Just then, Andy returns to the store as he forgot to pay for the video game. He trips and the Mighty Friends Magazine slips out of his hands and goes into the slot of the Maggie transporting them into the pages of the magazine. Judy, Andy, Mr. Goat, Turtle, and Rabbit are transformed into one of the Mighty Friends. Each of them have superpowers which they use to fight the Dastardly Trifecta. Andy is persuaded to join the evil Trifecta and becomes the monster named Malice to destroy his so-called friends. Will Malice destroy his friends and become part of the evil Trifecta? Has the monster Malice taken over Andy or can Andy still be reached? Will his group of friends finish the temporary reality they are all trapped in? Well, read the book and find out!
If you liked this book, another book to read is the very first one in this series, Deep -Space Disco, by the same author, Erik Craddock.
Discussion Questions:
1. Besides eating some of the cake that the evil Trifecta gave to Andy, why do you think Andy turned into the monster Malice?
2. Based on how the story ended, do you think Andy's friends have learned anything about how friends should be treated? Explain your answer based on the outcome of the book.
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