A likable protagonist, a very kid-friendly brand of humor, and the outrageous setting should keep readers' interest, especially animal lovers. A projectile pile of Henry's innards, a wild chase scene, and a new zoo addition bring this whodunit to a romping, if slightly gruesome, conclusion. Animal facts are plentiful in Gibbs's debut novel, at times slowing the pace, but always offering interesting tidbits-sometimes of a scatological nature (for example, hippos habitually fire 'streams of feces' at each other and occasionally people). Other books in the series are Poached (2014), which is. The book begins when Teddy Fitzroy, the 12-year-old narrator and son of a photographer and a gorilla researcher, is caught making trouble by 'Large' Marge OMalley, a notorious and unintelligent security guard. No one believes him except Summer, the daughter of the Texas millionaire who owns FunJungle, and they work together to find the killer, even as someone is trying to silence Teddy himself. Belly Up by Stuart Gibbs - Twelve-year-old Theodore Teddy Roosevelt Fitzroy has murder on his hands and trouble on his tail. Belly Up is a 2010 childrens mystery novel by author Stuart Gibbs. When ornery zoo mascot Henry the Hippo dies, Teddy learns that he was murdered (after spying on the autopsy). When civil war broke out, however, the family moved back to America his parents now work at FunJungle, the world's largest zoo. The series includes The Summer I Turned Pretty (2009), Its Not Summer Without You (2010), and Well Always Have Summer (2011). 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.

For the first 10 years of his life, 12-year-old Teddy's home was the Congo, where he lived with his parents, a gorilla researcher and a wildlife photographer.

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