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Title details for Sammy Feral's Diaries of Weird by Eleanor Hawken - Available

Sammy Feral's Diaries of Weird

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by Eleanor Hawken
John Kelly
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Eleanor Hawken worked as a children's book editor for many years and was part of the team that established the Bath Festival of Children's Literature. Her popular children's series Sammy Feral's Diaries of Weird chronicles the hilarious adventures of a boy who spends his time with the furry and ferocious tenants of the zoo his family runs.
"This is a hilarious story." Parents In Touch said of Sammy Feral's Diaries of Weird. Sammy Feral is a lucky boy. His family runs a zoo, where he spends his time cheerfully hanging out with (to name just a few) orangutans, crocodiles, and snakes. But his good luck has just run out—the entire Feral family has been infected with a mysterious virus that causes them to turn into werewolves. Now his mom, dad, and sisters are howling at the moon, craving raw meat, and worst of all, trying to infect Sammy! Worse, it seems there is an evil professor trying to take over the Feral Zoo—could he have anything to do with the werewolf virus? Fortunately for Sammy, a crack team of cryptozoologists are on hand to help. But even with their expertise in animals that don't (or shouldn't) exist, things look pretty hairy for the Feral family!

  • Creators

  • Series

    Sammy Feral's Diaries of Weird

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    September 3, 2013

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

      • ISBN: 9781681449050

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781623650339

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781623650339
      • File size: 5361 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 4.9
    • Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
    • Text Difficulty: 3

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      August 1, 2013
      Readers afflicted only with pesky sibs should count their blessings: 12-year-old Sammy comes home one day to find his whole family (dog included) turned into a pack of ravening werewolves. Sammy is saved from being bitten himself, or maybe torn apart, by the timely arrival of Donny, a leather-clad cryptozoologist who shoots tranquilizer darts from a silver blowpipe and explains that the werewolves will revert to (more or less, as it happens) human once the full moon has passed. Fortunately, Sammy's parents own a public zoo with behind-the-scenes transit cages that can hold the feral Ferals temporarily. Unfortunately, even back in human form, Sammy's little sister, Natty, retains a taste for raw sausage and live hamster. Can Sammy devise a cure for the Were Virus before the next full moon--while also fending off professor Pickitt, a rival cryptozoologist scheming to turn the Feral Zoo into a display of freaky creatures? Sammy chronicles his plunge into "wackoville" in diarylike entries punctuated with bulleted lists, shocked exclamations of "rewind!" and simple line drawings of the cast and selected scenes. "Sammy Feral = dude supreme!" he crows at the end. Forcibly engineered as his ultimate triumph is, he merits a few howls of appreciation for staying so resolutely on task. (Adventure. 9-11)

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    • The Horn Book

      January 1, 2014
      Sammy Feral cannot believe the new puppy turned his entire family into werewolves. In diary format, Sammy details his quest for the cure with the help of cryptozoologist Donny. Despite a slightly sexist protagonist, a scattered plot, and weak writing, the story--bolstered by comedic (though caricaturish) black-and-white line drawings--is mildly entertaining.

      (Copyright 2014 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:4.9
  • Interest Level:4-8(MG)
  • Text Difficulty:3

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