Night Buddies – Book 3
Night Buddies Go Sky High

Something strange is moving through the night sky, and Big Foot Mae isn’t the only one who has noticed. When John Degraffenreidt and his bright red crocodile buddy, Crosley, arrive at the Pineapple Cheesecake Factory, they find Mae studying a suspicious white dot moving across her Great Star Puzzle. Across the Borough, Crosley’s brother Crenwinkle has spotted it too. With a time-spreader dingus, a newly modified racing blimp, and another very long night ahead of them, John and Crosley launch a new Program that takes the Night Buddies higher than ever before, all the way into the stratosphere.

Series: Night Buddies

Series order: Book 3

Author: Sands Hetherington

Illustrator: Jessica Love

Story focus:
mysterious object in the sky, Great Star Puzzle, Crenwinkle, racing blimp, and a trip into the stratosphere

Crosley may have arrived at the Pineapple Cheesecake Factory looking for a fresh supply of his favorite dessert, but Big Foot Mae has a much bigger concern. A suspicious white dot has passed through the Corkscrew Constellation and is moving beneath the Hound Dog Stars. Crenwinkle has seen the same curious speck, which means John and Crosley have another Program on their hands. Using the time-spreader dingus and their modified racing blimp, the Night Buddies head upward to investigate, taking their adventure beyond the Borough and into the stratosphere.

— The Night Buddies adventure expands beyond the Borough and into the stratosphere.
— Crenwinkle takes on a larger role in the mystery.
— The Great Star Puzzle introduces a new visual clue at the Pineapple Cheesecake Factory.
— The time-spreader dingus helps sleepy John keep up with an unusually long Program.
— The racing blimp becomes central to the action.
— The story continues the series’ mix of strange gadgets, invented words, unusual food, humor, mystery, and fantasy.

“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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“High up in the sky and high up in entertainment and high up in creativity! Add in the great pictures that bring the story to life, this book is fun for kids of all ages. This just proves that different people and even reptiles can work together for the common good and get things done. Friendships are solid and teamwork is definitely important or the Program will not get completed and lives could be at stake.”
— Fran Lewis, Just Reviews

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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

Night Buddies Go Sky High continues the series’ deliberately unconventional language. Reviews mention made-up words, quirky dialect, unusual capitalization/font treatments, and the book’s “Night Buddies Uncommon Words.” That wordplay can be presented as part of the series’ personality.