Belly Up (FunJungle)

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Twelve-year-old Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt Fitzroy has murder on his hands and trouble on his tail. He believes that Henry, the hippopotamus at the brand-new FunJungle, has been murdered. The zoo’s top brass claim the hippo went belly up the natural way, but Teddy and his feisty friend Summer McCraken have other ideas. Could the culprit be FunJungle’s animal-hating head of operations? Or is it FunJungle’s owner—Summer’s dad—a man who is much more concerned about money than animal welfare? The deeper Teddy and Summer dig, the more danger they’re in—because when it comes to hippo homicide, the truth can’t be caged!

From the Publisher

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 5, 2011
Edition ‏ : ‎ Reprint
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1416987320
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1416987321
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.1 ounces
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 9 – 12 years, from customers
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.13 x 0.9 x 7.63 inches
Book 1 of 10 ‏ : ‎ FunJungle (Teddy Fitzroy)
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 3 – 7
Best Sellers Rank: #26,260 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #11 in Children’s Zoo Books (Books) #90 in Children’s Mystery, Detective, & Spy
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