Stuart Gibbs
Belly Up
Stealth Science
Why this book counts
- Life Science
- Environment & Ecology
- Story / Adventure
- Nature Narrative / Field Discovery
- Maker / Problem-Solving
Belly Up begins when Teddy Fitzroy doubts the official claim that FunJungle's hippopotamus died naturally. Evaluating the animal's condition, behavior, care, and possible causes of death turns zoo biology and evidence testing into the machinery of a murder mystery.
The science inside
- Anatomy & Physiology
- Animals & Zoology
Your child will meet:
- An animal's anatomy, behavior, and recent condition can help distinguish normal events from signs of illness or injury.
- A cause-of-death claim should be supported by physical evidence rather than institutional convenience.
- Competing hypotheses can be tested as new clues appear.
- Captive-animal welfare depends on appropriate food, habitat, veterinary care, and management.
Use it this way
Parent effort: Quick discussion
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!
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