The 2010 Willow Awards
Diamond Willow Nominee
Zoobreak
Savannah discovers that her stolen monkey, Cleopatra, is being kept aboard a floating zoo. She enlists the help of her friend, Griffin, to free the monkey, along with all the other badly treated animals. But the zoobreak is just the beginning. Where can you hide a zooful of animals?
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About the Author
Gordon Korman wrote his first novel at age 12 as a grade-seven writing assignment. He submitted it to Scholastic Canada, where it was published soon after as This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall. Since then he has written more than 40 novels for middle-grade and young adult readers, including Son of the Mob, Born to Rock, and the best-selling Island, Everest and Dive series. His most recent book YA novel is The Juvie Three, and his most recent middle-grade title is One False Note, which made the New York Times bestseller list.
Check out this video of Gordon Korman talking about Zoobreak.
Book Reviews
Suggested Activities
Watch the book trailer.
Learn more about Gordon Korman:
Here are links to three well-known zoos. What are these zoos doing to help animals?
Teacher Resources
- Discussion Guide with interesting web site links.
- Booktalk
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