Belly Up (FunJungle)

Belly Up (FunJungle)

By Stuart Gibbs

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Book 1 of 4 in the  FunJungle (Teddy Fitzroy) Series
Interest LevelReading LevelReading A-ZATOSWord Count
Grades 4 - 8Grades 3 - 6n/a5.664152
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 it's claimed he died of natural causes, Teddy smells something fishy and it sure ain't the polar bear's lunch. Dealing with the zoo's top brass proves to be nothing but a waste of time. They want to see any trace of Henry's death disappear like yesterday's 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, FunJungle's head of operations who hates kids and hates animals even more? Or J.J McCraken, the owner of FunJungle and and hates animals even more? Or J.J McCraken, the owner of FunJungle and Summer's father, who has more concern for the dough he's 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 won't be the only animal in the zoo to turn up dead. The deeper Teddy and Summer get, they had better make sure they want to know what they want to know because when it comes to hippo homicide, the truth can't be kept in a cage!
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
ISBN-13: 9781416987321
ISBN-10: 1416987320
Published on 7/5/2011
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 320

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This is the first book in the fun jungle series written by Stuart Gibbs. In this book 12 year old Teddy ´s parents work int he worlds biggest zoo. So when one of their most important animals die Teddy starts to think something fishy is going on. Teddy starts to work on the case with Summer, the daughter of the owner of the zoo! Will Teddy crack the case? Read the book to find out. Stuart Gibbs is an amazing other and this is a wonderful series, as well as the Spy School and Space Case series! Hope you like this book!

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great book but only thing i dont like is hippos shotting pop out of there rear end 4 stars

I love these books! They leave you hanging on to every word; you won't want to put it down. If you love mystery and adventure, you will really like these books!

This is such a good book. It is full of surprises and mysteries. If you are looking for an amazing book this is the one. If you've already read this there is a second book that I read too. I loved this book so I bet you will too!

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It was horrible and I hated it. half f the book was about how hippos shoot poop out of their butts and how cringe the theme park was and it was all over the place. i would NOT recommend this book

I like this book because it is like a mystery and it has animals in it and it is all about a newly opened zoo.

Bee Bee

It was a very interesting book I love, the problem is that the chapters are so long. When I was in my reading group I took forever to get through seven chapters a day!

this book is very sad and funny!!!

This is a great book and is fun to make predictions during the book(:!

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