Gator on the Loose! [Animal Rescue Team]

By Stauffacher, Sue

Publishers Summary:
Meet the Carters: Mr. and Mrs. Carter, 10-year-old daughter Keisha, five-year-old Razi, baby Paolo, and Grandma Alice. Together, they run Carters' Urban Rescue, the place you call when you've got an animal where it shouldn't be. In their first adventure, there's a baby alligator at the city pool, which will seriously interfere with opening day, especially Keisha's cannonball practice. So it's up to the whole family to figure out what to do with the poor guy who has no business hanging around Michigan. Luckily for all of them, and thanks to some serious ingenuity from Keisha, the answer is closer than they ever could have imagined. Sue Stauffacher turns to her first series effort with Animal Rescue Team. With compelling plots based on actual events in her community, Sue has created a lovable cast of characters of boys and girls, young and old, who feel like people you'd meet at your neighborhood block party. Written in an accessible and engaging style meant to appeal to those independent readers looking to be excited and entertained, and with subplots about friendship, siblings, the environment, and animal conservation, along with plenty of humor, these will be a hit with teachers and librarians, and parents, as well as kids themselves.

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ISBN
978-0-37585-847-5 978-0-37595-847-2
Publisher
Knopf


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on August 1, 2010

Gr 4-6 These stories detail the exploits of 10-year-old Keisha Carter's family as wildlife rehabilitators in Michigan. In the first title, they rescue a wandering alligator from the city pool. The creature gets lost one more time, and a frantic search ensues before it is finally transported to an alligator sanctuary. In "Special Delivery" they rescue a wayward skunk, a ba...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Magazine

Reviewed on May 1, 2010

Take one appealing family, add a fashion-crazy grandmother, mix with one abandoned alligator, and you have the first in a promising new series for middle-grade readers. Ten-year-old Keisha Carter has a busy life. At any moment she might be answering the phone at Carters' Urban Rescue, taking care of her baby brother Paulo, or distracting her five-year-old brother Razi. Ever comp...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2010

Ten-year-old Keisha's family runs an urban animal rescue shelter. When a two-year-old alligator is found in t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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