num_pages: 224
description: What does a cockatrice enjoy most for dinner? Anyone it can find.So the alarmed inhabitants of England discover when a plague of monsters-known as cockatrices-invade their country and begin gobbling them up. They must be stopped! A plucky band of survivors dubbed the Cockatrice Corps- including youngsters Dakin and Sauna-decide to fight back. But how?A rollicking adventure filled with breathtaking twists and turns, The Cockatrice Boys is Joan Aiken at her comic best.
language: English
title: The Cockatrice Boys
titlecomplete: The Cockatrice Boys
genres: Fiction, Adventure, Juvenile, Horror, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Childrens, Fantasy
ratings_count: 129
publisher: Starscape