DANGER AT THE ZOO
A KIT MYSTERY
American Girl Publishing
Agatha Award Nominee for Best Children’s/Young Adult Mystery
— Malice Domestic
"Those who love 'American Girl' will be clamoring for it."
— School Library Journal
"With equal parts suspense and intrigue, Danger at the Zoo will hold middle grade readers' imaginations until its swift and satisfying conclusion."
— Ohio Library Association
This is the nineth of Kathleen's twenty-five published books. It is written for readers ages 9 and up who enjoy American Depression era historical fiction without any sex, gore, or explicit violence.
Story Description
Kit Kittredge is back, in a mystery that takes place at the Cincinnati Zoo! Kit lands a summer job writing a children's column for her local newspaper and looks for story ideas at the Cincinnati Zoo where her friend Stirling works as a guide and her old friend Will, the hobo, has a job cleaning cages.
As Kit noses around, she stumbles into some strange activities in the monkey house. Meanwhile, Kit begins to notice small things missing at home too. It's not long before Will looks like the logical suspect in both places. Can Kit clear her friend--and get a good story in the bargain? Fireworks fly as Kit's mystery is solved at the zoo's grand Fourth of July spectacular.
This book includes a richly illustrated "Peak Into The Past" essay.
It was originally released as a 192-page book in softcover and hardcover formats, and is now also available in an electronic version for the Barnes and Noble Nook.
What Others Are Saying
"Danger at the Zoo is a wonderful mystery story for middle
readers who love historical fiction."
— The Community Bugle (California)
"If you like books that keep you in suspense, then this is the book
for you".
— FirstClues.com
Author's Bio
Bestselling author Kathleen Ernst writes award-winning mysteries and historical fiction for adults and young readers. Her work has earned numerous honors, including multiple Edgar and Agatha mystery award nominations, and an Emmy for children's educational programming.
To date, readers have purchased well over 750,000 audio, electronic, and printed copies of Kathleen's twenty-five books. more>>
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Author's Note
Researching a novel can be hard work. For this one, I had to spend a day visiting the Cincinnatti Zoo! Don’t you feel sorry for me? …No, I didn’t think so.
I chose to write a mystery that was partly set at a zoo because I love animals.This is my bestselling book—so far, anyway—so I think lots of readers must love animals too! This story is about more than fun times.It’s about loyalty, and trust, and friendship.It’s about a girl smart and brave enough to look for answers in times of trouble.I hope you enjoy it!
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