The Great Pet Escape -- Victoria Jamieson, Paperback

The class pets at Daisy P. Flugelhorn Elementary School want OUT . . . and GW (short for George Washington), the deceptively cute hamster in the second-grade classroom, is just the guy to lead the way. But when he finally escapes and goes to find his former partners in crime, Barry and Biter, he finds that they actually LIKE being class pets. Impossible

Just as GW gets Barry and Biter to agree to leave with him, a mouse named Harriet and her many mouse minions get in their way. What follows is class-pet chaos guaranteed to make readers giggle . . . and maybe look at their class pets a little differently in the future.

Author: Victoria Jamieson
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Published: 02/16/2016
Pages: 64
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.70w x 0.20d
ISBN: 9781627791069
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.8
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 182837 / Great Pet Escape


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2016
School Library Journal 02/01/2016 pg. 77
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2016
Booklist 03/15/2016 pg. 47
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2016 pg. 102
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2016 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author
Victoria Jamieson received her BFA in illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design. She worked as a children's book designer before moving to Portland and becoming a freelance illustrator. She has also worked as a portrait artist aboard a cruise ship, and has lived in Australia, Italy, and Canada. She maintains a not-so-secret identity as Winnie the Pow, a skater with the Rose City Rollers roller derby league.