Agent Stitch: The Trouble with Toothoids - by Steve Behling (Hardcover)

About the Book

"After saving Paris from a Snailien invasion, Stitch and his friends are off to the big apple. People have been disappearing all over New York City, and the Galactic Detective Agency suspects that a group of shapeshifting aliens are to blame. Now it is up to Stitch to figure out what has happened to the missing people and save the day. But how do you a solve a mystery when the suspects can disguise themselves to look like anyone, maybe even your best friends?"--

Book Synopsis

Fans of Dav Pilkey's Dog Man and Aaron Blabey's The Bad Guys will be excited to join Agent Stitch, the world's greatest alien detective, on his new mission in New York City!

After saving Paris from a Snailien invasion, Stitch and his friends are off to the big apple. People have been disappearing all over New York City, and the Galactic Detective Agency suspects that a group of shapeshifting aliens are to blame. Now it is up to Stitch to figure out what has happened to the missing people and save the day. But how do you a solve a mystery when the suspects can disguise themselves to look like anyone, maybe even your best friends?

Read all of Agent Stitch's adventures!

• Agent Stitch: A Study in Slime

Review Quotes

Lilo, Stitch, and members of the Galactic Detective Agency track down an unknown alien species taking over the New York City subway system. In the second installment of the Agent Stitch series, characters from the Disney film Lilo & Stitch (2002) take on aliens who pose a threat to Earth. In this case, the agents of the Galactic Federation are investigating reports of humans falling into a trance and dropping everything to descend into the subway tunnels, all the while repeating a bizarre rhyme. Stitch, eager to prove himself a worthy member of the agency, takes off on his own. It's only when the agents realize they work best when they work together that they're able to get a handle on the case. The omniscient narrator at times directly addresses readers: "How long have you been reading this book now?...You probably need a break--maybe go and stretch your legs, pet a dog or something, right?" The story's conflict moves along at a good pace, each chapter bouncing back and forth between the separated agents. Overall, the style and tempo succeed. The final resolution, however, comes almost too easily, with a character anticlimactically uttering, "Ugh, I hate it when my plans fail. My bad." Black-and-white comic strip-style scenes pepper the story. Fans of the film's characters and of alien wackiness will appreciate the plot even if it's lacking in depth. Fan fodder but not an out-of-this-world success. (Science fiction. 8-12)- Kirkus (Apr 15, 2023)

About the Author

Steve Behling is an author passionate about telling stories for kids. He has written books, comics, articles, puzzles, games and more for a diverse clientele (including Disney, Marvel, Hasbro, Mattel, and DreamWorks, to name a few). As associate creative director for Marvel Entertainment and Comics Director/Executive Editor for Disney Publishing Worldwide, he has worked with incredible brands like Spider-Man, The Avengers, Phineas and Ferb and Disney/Pixar properties too numerous to name. Steve lives in New York (the big part, not the little part) with his wife, two human children and three-legged wonder beagle, Loomis.