Belly Up

Name: Belly Up
Brand: Simon & Schuster Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Author: Stuart Gibbs
ISBN: 9781797133836

Author: Stuart Gibbs

Series: FunJungle

Narrator: Gibson Frazier

Unabridged: 7 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Published: 06/29/2021

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Mystery & Detective, Children's Social Themes, Animal Stories

Synopsis

Twelve-year-old Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt Fitzroy has murder on his hands and trouble on his tail. He believes that Henry, the hippopotamus at the brand-new FunJungle, has been murdered. The zoo’s top brass claim the hippo went belly up the natural way, but Teddy and his feisty friend Summer McCraken have other ideas. Could the culprit be FunJungle’s animal-hating head of operations? Or is it FunJungle’s owner—Summer’s dad—a man who is much more concerned about money than animal welfare? The deeper Teddy and Summer dig, the more danger they’re in—because when it comes to hippo homicide, the truth can’t be caged!

About Stuart Gibbs

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. Stuart lives with his family in Los Angeles. You can learn more about what he’s up to at StuartGibbs.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by karen on April 15, 2020

first, look at the cover. now, look at the endpapers: how are you going to say "no" to that?? you're not. because not only is it a beautifully designed book, the story itself is great, and if i could stand to be around children, i would give them this book, because it is both fun and good for them, l......more

Goodreads review by BAYA on November 30, 2010

Fans of Carl Hiaasen’s books Hoot and Flush will enjoy this middle grade mystery set at FunJungle, an exotic animal amusement park. When Henry the Hippo, the mascot of the newly-opened park, goes belly up, 12-year old Teddy thinks it would be fun to sneak into the autopsy. He’s been around animals h......more

Goodreads review by Chelsea on February 23, 2020

Ugh. Okay. Buckle up. I'd been reading some heavier books, so I decided to try out this book. It's a middle grade novel set in a zoo. When the zoo's mascot hippo dies, the main character, a thirteen year old boy, decides to investigate, suspecting it's a murder. Overall, it was such a cute and fun st......more

Goodreads review by human on September 07, 2020

A wonderful start to one of my favorite series, but there's something about this book that isn't as good as the other ones. The narration is also incredibly childish at times. Definitely didn't enjoy it as much as my first read.......more

Goodreads review by Chris on March 30, 2019

Belly Up was not what I was expecting. I was expecting hilarity. Sure it has a dead hippo on the cover, but the cartoonish of it, plus the colors... Actually, Belly Up is rather morbid. It’s still great fun, but fun in the what’s-gonna-happen-next way, not in the oh-look-monkies! kind of way. Chapte......more