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A new adventure begins for Elliot and Uchenna when Professor Fauna bursts into their classroom with
a frightening report from the Texas-Mexico border: something has completely drained the blood from
a cow’s body! The team must fly to Laredo, where tempers are running high.
Teaming up with local kids Lupita and Mateo—plus their brilliant mother, Dr. Alejandra Cervantes, and her curandero husband, Israel—can the Unicorn Rescue Society save the region’s animals and help bring a divided community together once more? And what is that spiny, bloodsucking, adorable little creature?
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Release date
April 16, 2019 -
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Kindle Book
- ISBN: 9780735231801
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9780735231801
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9780735231801
- File size: 50855 KB
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Languages
- English
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Levels
- ATOS Level: 4.6
- Lexile® Measure: 660
- Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
- Text Difficulty: 3
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Reviews
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March 15, 2019
Uchenna and Elliot join Professor Fauna on a trip to the southern border to rescue the mythical chupacabras.In this borderland adventure of the Unicorn Rescue Society, Peruvian Professor Fauna whisks Uchenna and the ever reluctant Elliot out of class and flies them down on a dilapidated plane to Laredo, Texas. The trio's mission is to rescue a baby chupacabra, whose pack's feeding pattern has been disrupted by a border wall. In this fourth installment of the series, Gidwitz seeks to provide credibility and authority on border topics by bringing on Mexican-American author Bowles as a co-writer. However, their effort to incorporate complex topics--such as environmental and immigration issues--into an otherwise formulaic and predictable plot falls short, as the complexities of border life are constantly pointed out and explained by adults. As in previous installments, one of Professor Fauna's ex-colleagues makes an appearance to aid the group in thwarting whatever species-endangering scheme the Schmoke brothers may have concocted. The encounter between Dr. Cervantes, a Mexican-American professor teaching at Texas A&M, and her former mentor creates tension between the adult characters, forcing the children to become spectators who simply learn and imitate the correct behaviors from adults. Uchenna presents black and Elliot, white.An unsubtle and unengaging attempt to educate children on border issues. (Fantasy. 7-12)COPYRIGHT(2019) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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July 1, 2019
Created by Jesse Casey, Adam Gidwitz, and Chris Smith. Professor Fauna's jalopy airplane whisks Uchenna and Elliot (The Creature of the Pines) to Laredo on the Texas-Mexico border to help another elusive mythical creature: the chupacabras. They also discover tension in the city concerning the construction of a border wall. A fast-paced plot, plenty of laughs (including in the black-and-white illustrations), and a serious discussion about the border elevate their latest adventure.(Copyright 2019 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)
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