Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Mecha-Monkeys from Mars (Ricky Ricotta Series #4) »

Ricky Ricotta and his Mighty Robot are in big trouble. Aftercrashing the Ricotta family mini-van while using it as a skateboard (it's the only thing big enough for the Robot), they have to earn some money fast to pay for the repairs. While they're thinking about how on EARTH they're going to come up with the money...on MARS, mean Major Monkey is making plans to enslave mousekind! Major Monkey has had his eye on earth for some time now...and he's noticed that all the evil villains who have tried to conquer the planet keep getting foiled by Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot. So the first thing to do is get rid of that Robot! Major Monkey tricks Ricky's Robot into going to Mars. Now it's up to Ricky to rescue his Robot and defat Major Monkey.

Publishers Weekly

In a fourth episode, the titular mouse must rescue his robot from the evil Major Monkey, who plans to mount an assault on Squeakyville in Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Mecha-Monkeys from Mars, by Dav Pilkey, illus. by Martin Ontiveros. "Flip-o-Rama" pages add to the fun. ( Feb.) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.