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268 pp.
| Greenwillow
| October, 2013
|
TradeISBN 978-0-06-219228-8$16.99
(4)
4-6
Secret Zoo series.
Noah and his friends continue to fight the Shadowist in the depths of Clarksville City Zoo. The series is filled with inventive marvels such as giant Sasquatches and chameleons that can cover a person and make her invisible. By book five, however, the plotting feels repetitive, and the reader begins to wish for more depth than the focus on the spectacular atmosphere allows.