InvestiGators Take the Plunge, John Patrick Green
InvestiGators Take the Plunge, John Patrick Green
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InvestiGators: Take the Plunge

Author: John Patrick Green

Narrator: Aaron Yamawaki, Christopher Hastings, Helen Laser, John Patrick Green, Lipica Shah, Max Meyers, Torian Brackett

Unabridged: 2 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/14/2024


Synopsis

This program is read by a full cast, including the author and Christopher Hastings, a coauthor of InvestiGators: Agents of S.U.I.T.S. It offers an immersive audio experience, with lush sound effects and music designed to draw listeners deep into the Gatorverse. Listen out for the sounds of the Batter Down bakery and S.U.I.T. Headquarters! Sit back and savor the incredible audiobook experience that is InvestiGators.

Sewer-spelunking secret agents Mango and Brash make a big splash in this hilarious new mystery in John Patrick Green's full-color, laugh-out-loud graphic novel series! Three million readers can’t be wrong—InvestiGators: Take the Plunge is a perfect comic for kid readers to dive into!

In their next big adventure, S.U.I.T. headquarters is under attack, and Mango and Brash are going undercover and underground disguised as city sewer workers to unclog a sticky situation. But when their search for the criminal Crackerdile backfires, the toilets they travel through get blocked and the InvestiGators take the blame for it!

Can Mango and Brash restore their good name and put the real culprit behind bars before the whole city is in deep water?

—Torian Brackett as Narrator, EMT Man Lance, Dr. Doodledoo, Detective Cole, Agent Fur, and Old Man

—Christopher Hastings as Brash, Crackerdile, Dr. Thomas Morrow, Bongo, Security Guard, Freud Therapist, and Cafeteria Cook

—Aaron Yamawaki as Mango, Head Scientist, Sven Septapus, and Bill Plungerman

—Max Meyers as General Inspector, Prime Robot, Jake Hardbones, Pick Nick, Steve, and Houdino

—Lipica Shah as Dr. Sally Addison, Marsha, EMT Woman Amber, Assistant Security Guard, Waitress, and Computer Voices

—Helen Laser as Cici Boringstories, C-ORB, Agent Monocle, Hologramma, and Snake

—John Patrick Green as Dr. Cowboy

A Macmillan Audio production from Roaring Brook Press.

About John Patrick Green

John Patrick Green is a human with the human job of making books about animals with human jobs, notably the smash-hit graphic novel series InvestiGators. John is definitely a multiple New York Times-bestselling human author and not just a bunch of animals in a trench coat pretending to have a human job. With over three million copies of InvestiGators in print, John is a successful human being with only two hands and a normal amount of fur. He lives in a Brooklyn apartment that doesn't allow animals other than the ones living in his head.

About Christopher Hastings

Christopher Hastings has worked as a U.S. State Department English Language Fellow, both at ITMO University in St. Petersburg, Russia and at South China Normal University in Guangzhou, China.

About Helen Laser

Helen Laser is an audiobook narrator, voice artist, and actor of stage and screen. She's an Audie Award Finalist, SOVAS finalist, LA Times Book Awards Finalist, and multiple AudioFile Earphones Award winner.Her narration has been picked by Reese Witherspoon for her book club, and has made many best-of lists including features by (but not limited to): Audible, Apple, Libro.fm, Amazon, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Vulture, and many more.She's lent her voice to over 150 audiobooks.Her narration style is natural, immediate, and lyrical. Sharp wit and vulnerability wrapped up in a youthful down-to-earth package. Her greatest inspirations are her love of the theatre, independent films, Miyazaki movies, and of course The Princess Diaries audiobook, narrated by Anne Hathaway—the audiobook that started it all as a kid.She's a proud member of SAG-AFTRA.

About Lipica Shah

Lipica Shah (she/her) is a half Bengali, half Kumaoni, fully Indian-American narrator, actor, and inclusion advocate. A SAG-AFTRA and Actors Equity Association member based in the Bronx, she thrives on collaboration and script development, with a special affinity for new plays. Lipica’s dynamic vocal skills, facility for accents and languages, and love of storytelling led her to audiobooks, and she’s had the privilege of narrating a wide range of genres, though her passion is non-fiction for all ages (especially current events, crime, science, politics, and history). As an actor, she has originated roles at Manhattan Theatre Club, The New Group, Mixed Blood Theatre Company, Cal Shakes, and American Conservatory Theater, among others. On screen she’s appeared on ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, HBO, Showtime, USA, Comedy Central, Netflix, and recurring on MAX’s The Girls on the Bus. Hear her in the video game Starfield and English dubs of Pokémon, A Silent Voice, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin, and more. As an inclusion advocate, she co-founded the nonprofit 1497, an organization committed to supporting and uplifting artists of South Asian descent and challenging their historical exclusion from and underrepresentation in the American film and television industry. She also serves on the Steering Committee of the Asian American Performers Action Coalition, with whom she received Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre. In her spare time, Lipica enjoys traveling, birdwatching, doing crossword puzzles in pen, lighting one-match campfires, and running for inordinate amounts of time outdoors.

About Max Meyers

Max Meyers (AEA/SAG-AFTRA) is a multi-hyphenate storyteller with training in classical and musical theatre and a deep commitment to facilitating expansion of the artist inside each of us through their creative work. An Audie Award-Winning Narrator and recipient of several AudioFile Earphones Awards, they have recorded over 60 titles since beginning this work in 2021. Their narration style can be described as warm, engaging, and dynamic; flexible to fit stories across genres, genders, ages, languages, and dialects. They have a particular passion for the surreal, subversive, and countercultural, as well as an interest in natural science, history, and trauma informed healing practices. Outside of their narration work, Max’s music can be found on your favorite streaming platform. For more information, visit maxmeyersonline.com @heyitsmaxmeyers


Reviews

Goodreads review by Darla

Mango and Brash are back and hoping to take down the Crackerdile once and for all. Meanwhile there is a mysterious robot haunting the electrical outlets of the city. If you are unlucky enough to get a visit, you are what you eat -- literally. One scientist ends up with banana hands when caught in th......more

Goodreads review by Abigail

Take it......more

Goodreads review by Eduardo

must read it It is so good I don’t want to spoil it but you have to read it it is so silly and it is so fictional......more

Goodreads review by Mandy

Middle grade graphic novel, 2nd in a series, mystery/adventure/humor. I enjoyed the first book in this series more than I expected to, so I was glad to get my hands on this sequel. Mango and Brash the alligator detective duo are back to determine why strange things are being combined throughout the......more

As soon as I read the dedication page, I knew I'd enjoy reading this graphic novel. With bright and fun illustrations to accompany the hilarious text and non-stop adventures, I now have a new favorite crime solving duo. So much silly humor that even as an adult, I found myself laughing out loud. I h......more