Night Buddies – Book 2
Night Buddies, Impostors, and One Far-Out Flying Machine

Red crocodiles are suddenly popping up all over the city, creating confusion, committing crimes, and making Crosley look guilty. There is only one problem: Crosley knows he isn’t responsible. John and Crosley head out on a new Program to find the impostors and clear Crosley’s name. Their investigation brings stakeouts, wild chases, far-out schemes, strange allies, and a fantastic flying machine into one very busy night. Book 2 expands the Night Buddies world while keeping the humor, mystery, invented language, gadgets, and friendship that began with John and Crosley’s first adventure.

Series: Night Buddies

Series order: Book 2

Author: Sands Hetherington

Illustrator: Jessica Love

Story focus: Red-crocodile impostors, mystery, stakeouts, chases, and a flying machine

Recognition currently listed on the official site:
Moonbeam Children’s Book Award Winner (Reading Skills/Literacy); Pinnacle Book Achievement Award Winner (Juvenile Fiction); Finalist in Children’s Fiction in the 2013 USA Best Book Awards; Global Ebook Awards winner

After solving the mystery of the missing pineapple cheesecakes, John and Crosley face a very different problem: red crocodiles who look like Crosley are causing trouble all over town. To stop the impostors, the Night Buddies launch an all-night investigation filled with stakeouts, traps, underground hideouts, aerial chases, a far-out flying machine, and the kind of unusual food and wordplay that could only belong in the Night Buddies world.

— The mystery becomes personal when the impostors threaten Crosley’s reputation.
— The adventure expands into the sky with the series’ far-out flying machine.
— John and Crosley encounter new allies and additional recurring characters.
— The invented Night Buddies vocabulary and intentionally unconventional speech remain a major part of the storytelling.
— Book 2 references the first adventure, giving returning readers additional continuity

The current official Night Buddies page lists four areas of recognition for Book 2: a Moonbeam Children’s Book Award in Reading Skills/Literacy, a Pinnacle Book Achievement Award in Juvenile Fiction, finalist recognition in Children’s Fiction in the 2013 USA Best Book Awards, and a Global Ebook Award.

“The stratosphere’s the limit in this third Night Buddies adventure, as John Degraffenreidt and Crosley the red crocodile must go up up up to check out a mysterious roving dot in the sky that just might have it in for them. Their racing blimp may defy the laws of physics but it obeys the prime rule of storytelling: unstoppable action equals lots of fun. Sands Hetherington again combines expressive language, whimsical inventions, abundant delicious (and disgusting) food, loyal pals and wicked foes, in Night Buddies Go Sky High.”
— Lynne Barrett, award-winning author of Magpies and co-editor of Birth: A Literary Companion

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“Lively and wildly imaginative. A wacky adventure. Crosley, the likable crocodile and his buddy John go on a zany nighttime romp through the stratosphere.”
— Randi Lynn Mrvos, Editor of Kid’s Imagination Train

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“For sheer fun for those age seven and up, there’s Night Buddies Go Sky High by Sands Hetherington, illustrated by Jessica Love. The stories are imaginative and great fun to read.”
— Alan Caruba, Bookviews

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“Third in the Night Buddies series, this one 144-page paperback targets middle-school aged children or those who enjoy fantasy-filled action books. With no profanity or scary scenes, it would make an acceptable bed or quiet time story. With intentionally misspelled words and capitalization and punctuation errors that may confuse young readers, a purposeful note is included to challenge the reader to look for them. In spite of the distracting misspellings, font changes, and quirky dialect, some readers will be delighted in this silly story that will leave them, no doubt, flummoxed but thankful that John and Cros have solved another problem.”
— Conny Crisalli, BookPleasures.com