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Gator on the Loose! (Animal Rescue Team) Paperback – May 10, 2011

by Sue Stauffacher (Author), Priscilla Lamont (Illustrator)

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Meet the Carters: Mr. and Mrs. Carter, 10-year-old daughter Keisha, five-year-old Razi, baby Paolo, and Grandma Alice. Together, they run Carters' Urban Rescue, the place you call when you've got an animal where it shouldn't be. In their first adventure, there's a baby alligator at the city pool, which will seriously interfere with opening day, especially Keisha's cannonball practice. So it's up to the whole family to figure out what to do with the poor guy who has no business hanging around Michigan. Luckily for all of them, and thanks to some serious ingenuity from Keisha, the answer is closer than they ever could have imagined.

Sue Stauffacher turns to her first series effort with Animal Rescue Team. With compelling plots based on actual events in her community, Sue has created a lovable cast of characters of boys and girls, young and old, who feel like people you'd meet at your neighborhood block party. Written in an accessible and engaging style meant to appeal to those independent readers looking to be excited and entertained, and with subplots about friendship, siblings, the environment, and animal conservation, along with plenty of humor, these will be a hit with teachers and librarians, and parents, as well as kids themselves.

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8 - 12 years
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160 pages
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English
Grade level

3 - 7
Lexile measure

740L
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5.25 x 0.35 x 7.5 inches
Publisher

Yearling
Publication date

May 10, 2011
ISBN-10

0375851313
ISBN-13

978-0375851315
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"Situational comedy, appealing spot art, and a personable protagonist will give this series broad appeal"- Booklist

"Take one appealing family, add a fashion-crazy grandmother, mix with one abandoned alligator, and you have the first in a promising new series for middle-grade readers."-The Horn Book Magazine

"An excellent family or classroom readaloud, and kids (and adults) who join the Carter team will eagerly await their next adventure."-The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

"Grand Rapids resident Sue Stauffacher knows her audience. She gets that young readers love animals, adventure and lots of action. She gets that parents and teachers are looking for stories that broaden children’s understanding of family and the world. All those things come together on Stauffacher’s new Animal Rescue Team series."-The Grand Rapids Press

About the Author

Sue Stauffacher lives with her husband and sons in a 150+-year-old farmhouse in the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Over the years, possums, bats, raccoons, mice, squirrels, crows, ducks, woodchucks, chipmunks, voles, skunks, bunnies, and a whole bunch of other critters have lived on the property. Though Sue is not a rehabilitator herself, she is passionate about helping kids know what to do when the wild meets the child.

A longtime advocate for literacy, Sue speaks around the country, connecting kids with books to help grow lifelong readers. She is a former book reviewer, and her novels for young readers include Harry Sue, Donutheart, and Donuthead. To learn more about Sue and her books, visit her on the Web at www.suestauffacher.com.

Chapter One

The call came in at 10:40 a.m. on Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. Keisha was at the desk, Razi and Daddy were out back bottle-feeding the raccoon cubs and Mama had taken the baby with her to the farmers' market. It was Grandma's turn to be at the desk, but she had traded with Keisha so she wouldn't miss her favorite show: How Not to Look Old.

Keisha looked at the ringing phone. It might be someone calling for information. But if her parents had to go out on a call, that meant Grandma would take them to the Grand River city pool's opening celebration. Grandma was not fun to be with at the pool. She made everyone wear big floppy hats, even in the shade. Plus, her swim cap had purple flowers on it, and instead of pinching her nose when she jumped in like everybody else, she wore a color-coordinated nose plug.

Keisha checked the caller ID and was surprised to see that it was the city pool. She picked up.

"You have reached Carters' Urban Rescue," she said in a deep voice. "Our office is now closed. If this is an emergency, please dial--"

"Is that you, Keisha?" It was Mr. Ramsey, the pool manager.

"Yes, sir," Keisha said.

"I need to talk to your mom or your dad."

"We're going to be there in an hour," Keisha said. "I'm working on my cannonball today."

" 'Fraid not, honey. You know that big alligator the kids climb all over? The one that spouts water out of its nose?"

"Mmmm-hmmm." When Keisha was little, she spent a lot of time climbing on that alligator and sliding down its tail. But she could go on the diving board now, so she didn't hang around in the kiddie area.

"Well, it appears it had a baby."

"A baby? As in a baby alligator?"

"That's affirmative."

Keisha got out an intake form. At least it sounded interesting. She wrote Mr. Ramsey's name at the top.

"Tell me what happened, Mr. Ramsey."

"This morning when I came to open up, there was a real alligator lying in the pool below the fiberglass one."

"How big is it?"

"Big enough to make me jump back over the fence. And I've got knee problems."

"That doesn't tell me how big, Mr. Ramsey," Keisha said in her calmest voice. "You have to talk in inches and feet."

Keisha knew a little something about alligators. She had written a report on them in Mr. Frost's class last year. Then she watched a special on TV. She loved the way they bobbed in the water with only their eyes showing. She planned to try floating like an alligator herself this summer. If Mr. Ramsey could give her an idea of the size, she could probably tell how old it was.

"Is it bigger than the spine board?" Keisha asked, referring to the board that hung on the wall by the locker rooms, the one they used if anyone had a bad accident at the pool.

"No . . . no, not that big," Mr. Ramsey said. "More like the rescue tube."

Keisha thought a minute. The rescue tube was about three feet long. That was no baby lying in the city pool.

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Yearling; Illustrated edition (May 10, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0375851313
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0375851315
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 8 - 12 years
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 740L
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 3 - 7
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.35 x 7.5 inches

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- #347 in Children's Alligator & Crocodile Books (Books)
- #8,880 in Children's School Issues
- #18,278 in Children's Humor

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F. Scott Fitzgerald said, "Growing up is a terribly hard thing to do. It is much better to skip it and go from one childhood to another.” So, I tried growing up and it didn't suit me as well as going from one childhood to another. Which is to say, that to write children's books is to stay in touch with childhood. Which is to say, it's not a bad thing to stay in touch with the child-like senses of wonder and delight.

So I think I will. My recently redone website will introduce young readers to my books and to my weblog about developing your own creative spirit and rekindling or nourishing your sense of wonder and delight.

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Booklover Tony, Age 9.1

good book!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 8, 2013

This book was very educating about Crocodilia. It follows an adventure of the Carter family and their family buisness: Carter Urban Rescue. When a baby alligator is stranded in the city pool, keisha and her family have to find a place for it to live. I recommend using this book for alligator facts.
See ya later, alligator!

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Janine

Funny Book For Young Readers

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 12, 2011

Young readers will think this is a really funny book! Their parents will probably enjoy it, too. While not what I expected from a book with the phrase "animal rescue" in the title, kids love animal stories and will certainly enjoy this one, even though it focuses more on the human characters than the alligator.

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