Fun, silly, tongue-in-cheek adventures with two brothers in a slightly strange neighborhood -- complicated by their efforts to save the world without their parents finding out and grounding them.
At least, that's my interpretation of the fast-moving adventure. I've read J.J. Johnson before, more adult, still tongue-in-cheek -- with a hero (Mercury) who is mentioned by the brothers in the course of the story.
The brothers are still recovering from their previous adventure dealing with toy dinosaurs that came to life. This time, the same strange old house that delivered the first problem has dumped something new on the neighborhood -- a soda pop machine that dispenses bottles with bizarre flavors and temporary superpowers. Some are kinda gross, and some unfortunately let the neighborhood bully be even meaner to the smaller kids at school. Well, what are our heroes going to do, when they find out their arch nemesis has access to his own soda pop superpowers? They have to get the bottles away from him. Easier said than done, when the girl of Iggy's dreams seems to be about to have a date with the bully, and they have to keep their parents from finding out that the world is in danger once again.
Lots of fun and a fast read. Take a break from the current nastiness, stupidity and angst in the so-called real world, and visit with Iggy and Oz and their friends.
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