<DIV><DIV>What does a cockatrice enjoy most for dinner? Anyone it can find.<br> <br>So the alarmed inhabitants of England discover when a plague of monsters-known as cockatrices-invade their country and begin gobbling them up. They must be stopped! A plucky band of survivors dubbed the Cockatrice Corps- including youngsters Dakin and Sauna-decide to fight back. But how? <br><br>A rollicking adventure filled with breathtaking twists and turns, <i>The Cockatrice Boys </i>is Joan Aiken at her comic best.<br></DIV>