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Tyrannosaurus Wrecks

by Stuart Gibbs

A vanished T. rex skull and a second wildlife mystery

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    By New York Times bestselling author Stuart Gibbs

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A vanished T. rex skull and a second wildlife mystery

Teddy Fitzroy’s planned campout turns into an investigation when a 500-pound dinosaur skull disappears from a closely guarded excavation site, leaving no footprints after a rainstorm. The unusual theft brings a wide circle of suspects into the case, including the owner of FunJungle. Alongside the skull mystery, Teddy becomes entangled in trouble involving an illegally purchased anaconda and the local black-market reptile trade. The two cases connect the series’ detective premise with questions of valuable fossils, wildlife, and illicit animal commerce.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Young readers interested in mysteries and detective stories
  • Readers who enjoy animal-related adventures and dinosaur discoveries
  • FunJungle series readers

Themes

Mystery and investigationDinosaur fossilsWildlife and illegal animal tradeSuspects and alibis

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Book overview

In the latest novel in New York Times bestselling author Stuart Gibbs's FunJungle series, Teddy Fitzroy returns as FunJungle's resident sleuth to solve his most improbable mystery yet--with a victim that's 65 million years old.

Teddy was all set for a campout at his friend Sage's family ranch--but then Sage gets terrible news: The skull of a rare dinosaur that was being excavated on his property has mysteriously vanished overnight in the middle of a rainstorm, even though it weighed 500 pounds. Not a single footprint has been left behind. Since the dinosaur was top secret, the police don't believe anyone outside the dig could have stolen it.

A T. rex skull can sell for millions of dollars, and everyone is a suspect--including J.J. McCracken, the owner of FunJungle.

Meanwhile, Teddy's old foes, the Barksdale twins, have gotten into trouble with an illegally purchased anaconda, and Teddy's girlfriend Summer wants to find out who's behind the local trade in black market reptiles. The two cases will drag Teddy into more danger and chaos than ever before, in this mystery that's stranger than fiction.
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