Grade
4 to Grade 7
Jeremy’s troubles
begin when his eccentric neighbor leaves him an ‘experiment’ for safekeeping –
a jackalope! This so-called mythological creature looks like a bunny rabbit,
but comes with razor-sharp antlers and supposedly a ruthless killer.
When government
agents show up at Jeremy’s house seeking the jackalope for their own purposes,
he must find a way to protect the jackalope, and himself. So he reluctantly
joins forces with Agatha, his annoying genius neighbor. Together, with the
jackalope tucked away in a backpack, they have only one chance to save Jack and
still get their science fair projects in on time.
I’m
pretty sure there aren’t many books about jackalopes and that’s what makes this
book unique. I know nothing about jackalopes or their mythology so all the
facts about them were a surprise to me. As soon as Jeremy discovers the
jackalopes, he went online and found out that they drink whiskey and can mimic
human voices. After reading that I went on Wikipedia to see if it was ‘true’. I
was very surprised to find out it was. Look it up is you doing believe me.
This
book is fiction but the government agents chasing Jeremy are part of the
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, is a real agency in the
United States Department of Defense. The book talks more about the stuff the
agency is researching in the Author’s Note but I’m pretty sure it’s all made
up. So I went on the Internet and found out they ‘make pivotal investments in
breakthrough technology for nation security’. To find out more about DARPA, you
can visit their website or you can just go on Wikipedia.
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