Captain Underpants and the Big Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 1: Night of the Nasty Nostril

Dav Pilkey. Scholastic Paperbacks, $5.99 (176pp) ISBN 978-0-439-37610-5

George and Harold get into a sticky situation in Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy Part 1: The Night of the Nasty Nostril Nuggets, the ""sixth epic novel"" by Dav Pilkey. Harold and George's latest prank makes ""school brainiac"" Melvin Sneedly vow to get revenge. But when Melvin transforms himself into the Bionic Booger Boy, things get a little drippy. Can Captain Underpants save the day?

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