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Chomp - Carl Hiaasen
Chomp
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Wahoo Cray lives in a zoo. His father is an animal wrangler, so he's grown up with all manner of gators, snakes, parrots, rats, monkeys, snappers, and more in his backyard. The critters he can handle.  His father is the unpredictable one. When his dad takes a job with a reality TV show called... show more
Wahoo Cray lives in a zoo. His father is an animal wrangler, so he's grown up with all manner of gators, snakes, parrots, rats, monkeys, snappers, and more in his backyard. The critters he can handle.  His father is the unpredictable one. When his dad takes a job with a reality TV show called "Expedition Survival!", Wahoo figures he'll have to do a bit of wrangling himself—to keep his dad from killing Derek Badger, the show's boneheaded star, before the shoot is over. But the job keeps getting more complicated. Derek Badger seems to actually believe his PR and insists on using wild animals for his stunts. And Wahoo's acquired a shadow named Tuna—a girl who's sporting a shiner courtesy of her old man and needs a place to hide out. They've only been on location in the Everglades for a day before Derek gets bitten by a bat and goes missing in a storm. Search parties head out and promptly get lost themselves. And then Tuna's dad shows up with a gun . . .It's anyone's guess who will actually survive "Expedition Survival". . . .
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780375868429 (0375868429)
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 290
Edition language: English
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Myrto
Myrto rated it
4.0 Chomp
Just like Hiaasen's other children's fiction, this one is charming hilarious. The young protagonists are smart and funny, just like you would expect from Hiaasen. And they find themselves combating adults as they support nature, just like in his other books. But the journey is so charming that you c...
ereksonj
ereksonj rated it
Hiassen seems to know how to build up stock characters well. I could tell about 3/4 of the way through that the spoiled tv star was on his way to a transformation. Unfortunately, he was the only character who really developed into 3-D. It's more or less the same criticism I have of Harry Potter 1--H...
Constantly Moving the Bookmark
Constantly Moving the Bookmark rated it
3.0 Chomp
From the book description … “Wahoo Cray lives in a zoo. His father is an animal wrangler, so he's grown up with all manner of gators, snakes, parrots, rats, monkeys, snappers, and more in his backyard. The critters he can handle. His father is the unpredictable one. When his dad takes a job with a ...
Katherine Reads
Katherine Reads rated it
I'm a huge fan of Carl Hiaasan's books, so naturally when I learned that he had a new book out I went to Barnes and Nobles to get the book and started reading the very next day. It is a quick read, especially since I'm older than the target audience. The book is about a kid named Wahoo, whose dad, M...
mrsbond
mrsbond rated it
In this super funny story for tweens, Hiaasen introduces the reader to the super cool adventure dude who is dropped into extreme environments, lives off the land with the help of only his wits and knife. In reality, the adventurer is a highly paid actor with an over-inflated ego, who couldn't surviv...
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