Reading: REVENGE OF THE LIVING TED - Barry Hutchison (author), Lee Cosgrove (illustrator)

Prose (Story): Picking up literally the morning after the events of Night of the Living Ted, this sequel finds suburban school kid Lisa Marie and her half-brother Vernon once again fighting for their lives and their town when an old nemesis comes back to take his revenge ... along with his thousand-strong teddy bear army.

Don's (Review): As much as I loved Night of the Living Ted, I gotta say I enjoyed this crazy, funny, thrill ride of a sequel even more. Hard to say too much without spoilers, but after Lisa Marie and Vernon manage to save their town by shutting down the heinous, Halloween night invasion of teddy bears from the first book, the kids wake up the next morning only to be astonished when not a single person - adult or child - in their town, besides them, even remembers the whole thing happening! Even Vernon's bully of a buddy, Drake - who himself was changed into a cutesy-wutesy teddy just the night before - seems to have no recollection of the incident. Only when Lisa Marie and Vernon are suddenly kidnapped by a mysterious man with his own mission, do things become clear ... before an old, furry enemy takes control yet again, this time determined to make the kids pay for their thwarting of him in the first place. And WOW, did I love every page of it! My only (mild) complaint is that the ending felt a bit rushed; other than that, I seriously think - between the wacky plot/storyline and Lee Cosgrove's animation-like illustrations - that Netflix (or someone) should snap this up and turn it into the funny, subversive and snarky series or series of films it deserves to be. This was so great, even better than the first, and this reader for one already anxiously awaits Invasion of the Living Ted - not, sadly, due until January!  4.5/5 stars

NOTE: I received a free ARC of this title from NetGalley and the publisher, in exchange for an honest review.