The Menagerie

by Tui T Sutherland (Author)

The Menagerie
Reading Level: 6th − 7th Grade
The magic of Fablehaven meets the Spiderwick Chronicles in this fresh middle-grade adventure about a top-secret magical menagerie that has misplaced six of its highly guarded inhabitants.
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School Library Journal

Gr 5-8--A new arrival in small-town Xanadu, Wyoming, seventh-grader Logan spends more time than he'd like to thinking about his mother's mysterious disappearance. His life becomes exciting when he discovers a baby griffin under his bed. No bigger than a puppy, Squorp turns out to be an escapee from the Menagerie, a zoo filled with mythical creatures and run by his classmate Zoe and her family. Logan soon finds himself teamed up with Zoe and her merman friend, Blue, to find five other griffin runaways. As he helps track them down, the truth about his mother's secret life begins to surface. Meanwhile, members of SNAPA, the organization in charge of all menageries, will arrive soon for an inspection and if everything is not up to par the place will be shut down. Can the trio get the griffins back in time? Who really was Logan's mom? The characters are likable, unique, and well developed, and the narrative is filled with lively dialogue and humor. The creatures, including a pair of snooty unicorns and a charismatic but murderous kelpie, are delightful. The authors do a great job of creating an attention-grabbing magical world within the realistic setting. Readers who enjoy books like Brandon Mull's Fablehaven (Aladdin, 2007) will soak up the intermixing of mythological information and mystery. The first in a series, this page-turning fantasy will fly off library shelves.--Kira Moody, Whitmore Public Library, Salt Lake City, UT

Copyright 2013 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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"This page-turning fantasy will fly off library shelves."—School Library Journal
Tui T Sutherland
Tui T. Sutherland is the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Wings of Fire series, the Menagerie trilogy, and the Pet Trouble series, as well as a contributing author to the bestselling Spirit Animals and Seekers series (as part of the Erin Hunter team). In 2009, she was a two-day champion on Jeopardy! She lives in Massachusetts with her wonderful husband, two awesome sons, and two very patient dogs. To learn more about Tui's books, visit her online at tuibooks.com.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780060780647
Lexile Measure
710
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
HarperCollins
Publication date
March 12, 2013
Series
Menagerie (HarperCollins)
BISAC categories
JUV037000 - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic
JUV028000 - Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
JUV002270 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Dragons, Unicorns & Mythical
Library of Congress categories
Friendship
Zoos
Magic
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Friendship
Fantasy
JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic
Animals, Mythical
Wyoming
Griffins
JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / General
North Carolina Children's Book Award
Nominee 2015 - 2015
Nene Award
Nominee 2016 - 2016
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award
Nominee 2016 - 2016

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