Day 27: Belly Up by Stuart Gibbs

Teddy spent most of his live in Africa. His mom is a world famous scientist and studier of apes. His father is a famous wildlife photographer. When war breaks out in the Congo, Teddy’s parents decide to move back to the US where is will be safer. Teddy’s parents are convinced to work at FunJungle, the new animal park created by an eccentric billionaire. FunJungle seems like the greatest zoo ever. The animal habitats are huge and similar to the natural environments of the animals. Teddy is the only kid living at the park and has the run of the place. He realizes that something is wrong when Henry the Hippo, FunJungle’s mascot goes belly up! Teddy starts investigating and finds out that Henry was murdered. When no one believes him, he tries to call the police, they threaten to arrest him for prank calls, and his mom thinks he is overreacting. Teddy sets out to solve the mystery on his own. When I first saw the cover of this book it seemed like a funny story, and it is but it is also a good suspense mystery. FunJungle is a wonderful setting for the story, there are many twists and turns and a great who done it. I would recommend this book for fifth grade and up.