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Copyright © 2010 by Stuart Gibbs
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gibbs, Stuart, 1969-
Belly up : murder at FunJungle / Stuart Gibbs. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: Twelve-year-old Teddy investigates when a popular Texas zoo’s
star attraction—Henry the hippopotamus—is murdered.
ISBN 978-1-4169-8731-4 (alk. paper)
[1. Mystery and detective stories. 2. Zoos—Fiction. 3. Zoo
animals—Fiction. 4. Murder—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.G339236Be 2010
[Fic]—dc22
2009034860
ISBN 978-1-4424-0639-1 (eBook)