12 year old Theodore Teddy Roosevelt Fitzroy has got a murder on his hands and trouble on his tail. Henry, the hippopatamus at the brand-new nationally known FunJungle, has gone belly up. Even though its claimed he died of natural causes, Teddy smells something fishy and it sure aint the polar bears lunch. Dealing with the zoos top brass proves to be nothing but a waste of time. They want to see any trace of Henrys death disappear like yesterdays paper. So Teddy sets out to find the truth. With the help of Summer McCraken, a fiesty girl with secrets of her own, the two narrow down their prime suspects. Is it Martin Del Gato, FunJungles head of operations who dislikes kids and hates animals even more? Or J.J McCraken, the owner of FunJungle and Summers father, who has more concern for the dough hes raking in than the animals in the zoo? As their investigation goes on, Teddy gets squeezed on all sides to quit asking questions-- or Henry wont be the only one to turn up dead. The deeper Teddy and Summer get, the more the danger mounts -- because when it comes to hippo homicide, the truth cant be kept in a cage!
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12 year old Theodore Teddy Roosevelt Fitzroy has got a murder on his hands and trouble on his tail. Henry, the hippopatamus at the brand-new nationally known FunJungle, has gone belly up. Even though its claimed he died of natural causes, Teddy smells something fishy and it sure aint the polar bears lunch. Dealing with the zoos top brass proves to be nothing but a waste of time. They want to see any trace of Henrys death disappear like yesterdays paper. So Teddy sets out to find the truth. With the help of Summer McCraken, a fiesty girl with secrets of her own, the two narrow down their prime suspects. Is it Martin Del Gato, FunJungles head of operations who dislikes kids and hates animals even more? Or J.J McCraken, the owner of FunJungle and Summers father, who has more concern for the dough hes raking in than the animals in the zoo? As their investigation goes on, Teddy gets squeezed on all sides to quit asking questions-- or Henry wont be the only one to turn up dead. The deeper Teddy and Summer get, the more the danger mounts -- because when it comes to hippo homicide, the truth cant be kept in a cage!
شناسنامهٔ کتاب
- تعداد صفحات
- ۲۹۴
- زبان
- English
- ناشر
- Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers
- شابک
- 9780000000000
جوایز
- Mark Twain Award Nominee (2012)
- South Carolina Book Award Nominee (2013)
- Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award for Grades 3-6 (2013)
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher Childrens Book Award Nominee (2012)
- Iowa Childrens Choice Award Nominee (2013)
- Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award
۲ جایزهٔ دیگر
- Great Lakes Great Books Award Nominee for 6th
- 7th & 8th Grade (2013
