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New York Times bestselling author Eliot Schrefer introduces a
delightful and dynamic animal duo in a race against time to save a polar bear
cub in the first book of this hilarious and heartwarming middle grade series
about friendship and conservation.When
an animal is in trouble, there’s only one place to turn: the Animal Rescue
Agency!
Dashing
Esquire Fox used to organize the world’s most elaborate chicken raids until the
day she encountered Mr. Pepper. Meeting the blustery old rooster changed her
heart, convincing her to turn from a life of crime and instead form the Animal
Rescue Agency, which masterminds rescue operations across the globe.
Esquire
and her unlikely chicken business manager coordinate their far-flung agents to
get them to the Arctic. In that frozen land they learn that what happened to
the polar bear cub was no accident—and that saving him will pit them against
the scariest predator in the world: a human.
About the author
Eliot Schrefer is the New York Times bestselling author of many books for kids and teens, including The Darkness Outside Us and its sequel, The Brightness Between Us, as well as Charming Young Man, Endangered, and Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality. His books have twice been named finalists for the National Book Award in Young People’s Literature and have garnered a Printz Honor, a Stonewall Honor, and the Green Earth Book Award. He is on the faculty of the creative writing MFA program at Hamline University and lives with his husband in New York City. Visit him online at eliotschrefer.com.
Summary
New York Times bestselling author Eliot Schrefer introduces a
delightful and dynamic animal duo in a race against time to save a polar bear
cub in the first book of this hilarious and heartwarming middle grade series
about friendship and conservation.
When
an animal is in trouble, there’s only one place to turn: the Animal Rescue
Agency!
Dashing
Esquire Fox used to organize the world’s most elaborate chicken raids until the
day she encountered Mr. Pepper. Meeting the blustery old rooster changed her
heart, convincing her to turn from a life of crime and instead form the Animal
Rescue Agency, which masterminds rescue operations across the globe.
Esquire
and her unlikely chicken business manager coordinate their far-flung agents to
get them to the Arctic. In that frozen land they learn that what happened to
the polar bear cub was no accident—and that saving him will pit them against
the scariest predator in the world: a human.
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“Well researched and emotionally rich.”
