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Poached parent’s guide: what’s inside
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Poached is a fast-paced mystery adventure that rewards curiosity, courage, and ethical behavior. The plot involves a young protagonist falsely accused of a crime, driving themes of clearing one's name and standing up to bullying. Violence and crude content are minimal and age-appropriate for middle-grade readers, and the story includes plenty of animal facts woven naturally into the narrative.
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From the publisher
Teddy Fitzroy’s back for another zoo mystery—this time it’s a koala caper—in this action-packed follow-up to Belly Up that School Library Journal called a “whopper of a whodunit that delivers plenty of suspects, action, slapstick, gross bodily functions, red herrings, and animal trivia.” School troublemaker Vance Jessu... Teddy Fitzroy’s back for another zoo mystery—this time it’s a koala caper—in this action-packed follow-up to Belly Up that School Library Journal called a “whopper of a whodunit that delivers plenty of suspects, action, slapstick, gross bodily functions, red herrings, and animal trivia.” School troublemaker Vance Jessup thinks Teddy Fitzroy’s home at FunJungle, a state-of-the-art zoo and theme park, is the perfect place for a cruel prank. Vance bullies Teddy into his scheme, but the plan goes terribly awry. Teddy sneaks into the koala exhibit to hide out until the chaos dies down. But when the koala goes missing, Teddy is the only person caught on camera entering and exiting the exhibit. Teddy didn’t commit the crime—but if he can’t find the real culprit, he’ll be sent to juvie as a convicted koala-napper.
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- Juvenile Fiction
- Detective and mystery stories
- Families
- Bullies
- Zoo animals
- Family life
- Fiction
- Zoos
- Mystery fiction
- Animals
- Mystery and detective stories
- Zoo
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ISBN 9781442467798 · Simon and Schuster