Little Badman and the Time-travelling Teacher of Doom is an action-packed, hilarious and clever adventure story that will keep children hooked to the end.
Humza (aka Little Badman) is an 11 year old boy who fancies himself as a rapper and, after saving the world from aliens in the first book, he is now intent on becoming a proper secret agent for 'The Agency'. Unfortunately, it seems as though all his plans are scuppered when he is framed for graffiting his school, along with his best friend Umer, and they are both sent to summer school in Pakistan. However, things at summer school are not as they seem and soon Humza and Umer find themselves part of another secret mission where Little Badman becomes Agent Badman. Can the two boys successfully travel through time and avoid The Agency, and the world as they know it, from being completely destroyed?
There are a lot of laugh-out-loud moments in this book. I loved Humza's attitude and 'voice' and thought the dynamic between him and Umer was particularly strong. The illustrations by Aleksei Bitskoff are great too and further make it a brilliant book for reluctant readers.
Although I hadn't read the first book in this series, this didn't matter at all; however, I will definitely read Little Badman and the Invasion of the Killer Aunties now too. This book would be a great addition to the school library and UKS2 classrooms, particularly in a time when we need more diversity on the shelves.