Cirrus@Austlit

'The third book in the totally outrageous adventures of Nelson Hunter - the boy who hates vegetables. Featuring a serious spy mystery and an epic dinosaur disaster!

'Nelson is a hilarious illustrated junior fiction series from DJ, food writer, TEDx speaker, charity founder and all-round funny guy, Andrew Levins.

'After Nelson discovers his nemesis - vegetables - are actually the key to his superpowers, he's called on to track down some of the worst thieves in town. But trialling the effects of eating an eggplant has disastrous consequences... Will Nelson be able to control his inner beast and use it to get out of danger?'(Publication summary)

'After Nelson discovers his nemesis – vegetables – are actually the key to his superpowers, he’s determined to learn the truth about his family’s secret.

'But Nelson has other questions too. Like what is the mysterious flying machine at his grandma’s farm? And why is his best friend, Olive, acting super strange? And will he really have to eat broccoli to save the day? Yuck!' (Publication summary)

'Meet Nelson . . . he's an ordinary kid, just like you. Everyone thinks he's shy but, really, he's just bored.

Nelson hates vegetables. He hates the smell of them, he hates the look of them. Most of all, he hates eating them. 

But what if they gave him superpowers? Superpowers he needs when an alien race he made up in class yesterday swoops into town and holds his school hostage, threatening to eat his teacher ...'

Source: publisher's blurb