The Great Pet Escape
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Co.
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2016
- Category
- Animals
- Recommended Age
- 6 to 10
- Recommended Grade
- 1 to 5
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781627791052
- Publish Date
- Feb 2016
- List Price
- $18.5
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781627791069
- Publish Date
- Feb 2016
- List Price
- $8.99
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Description
The class pets at Daisy P. Flugelhorn Elementary School want OUT . . . and GW (short for George Washington), the deceptively cute hamster in the second-grade classroom, is just the guy to lead the way. But when he finally escapes and goes to find his former partners in crime, Barry and Biter, he finds that they actually LIKE being class pets. Impossible!
Just as GW gets Barry and Biter to agree to leave with him, a mouse named Harriet and her many mouse minions get in their way. What follows is class-pet chaos guaranteed to make readers giggle . . . and maybe look at their class pets a little differently in the future.
About the author
Contributor Notes
Victoria Jamieson received her BFA in illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design. She worked as a children's book designer before moving to Portland and becoming a freelance illustrator. She has also worked as a portrait artist aboard a cruise ship, and has lived in Australia, Italy, and Canada. She maintains a not-so-secret identity as Winnie the Pow, a skater with the Rose City Rollers roller derby league.
Editorial Reviews
"Guaranteed fun." —Kirkus Reviews
"Told with a wickedly sharp sense of humor, Jamieson’s latest delivers a madcap adventure that is sure to please young readers." —Booklist, starred review
