Poached by Gibbs, Stuart

Teddy Fitzroy's back for another zoo mystery--this time it's a koala caper--in this action-packed follow-up to Belly Up, which Kirkus Reviews called "great fun."

School troublemaker Vance Jessup thinks Teddy Fitzroy's home at FunJungle, a state-of-the-art zoo and theme park, is the perfect place for a cruel prank. Vance bullies Teddy into his scheme, but the plan goes terribly awry.

Teddy sneaks into the koala exhibit to hide out until the chaos dies down. But when the koala goes missing, Teddy is the only person caught on camera entering and exiting the exhibit.

Teddy didn't commit the crime--but if he can't find the real culprit, he'll be sent to juvie as a convicted koala-napper.

Author: Stuart Gibbs
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 04/08/2014
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781442467774
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.2
Point Value: 11
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 165663 / Poached

Award: North Carolina Children's Book Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2014
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2014 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2014
School Library Journal 03/01/2014 pg. 139
Booklist 05/01/2014 pg. 59
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2014 pg. 74 - Recommended, Satisfactory

About the Author
Stuart Gibbs is the New York Times bestselling author of the Charlie Thorne series, FunJungle series, Moon Base Alpha series, Once Upon a Tim series, and Spy School series. He has written screenplays, worked on a whole bunch of animated films, developed TV shows, been a newspaper columnist, and researched capybaras (the world's largest rodents). Stuart lives with his family in Los Angeles. You can learn more about what he's up to at StuartGibbs.com.