Jackie's Wild Seattle by Will Hobbs is about siblings, Shannon and Cody, and the summer they spend with their Uncle Neal rescuing wild animals from dangerous situations. Shannon and Cody's parents are doctors who are spending post 9/11 in Pakistan and Afghanistan helping the refugees. As a result, Shannon and Cody get to stay with their uncle near Seattle, Washington, at his friend Jackie's animal rescue and rehabilitation facility. While there, they go on daring adventures, make exciting animal rescues, find out some well-kept secrets, and make many new friends (human and animal).I really enjoyed this book. I could identify with both Shannon and Cody, as they struggled with their own thoughts about their parents' mission, their uncle's job, and the animals they rescued. Will Hobbs's books are always fun adventures that make you want to keep reading straight through to the end! This is one of the 2008-2009 Maud Hart Lovelace Nominees.
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I think the book, Jackie's Wild Seattle, was a fantastic book. The ending was awesome. There was one sad part when Uncle Neal got a call about a raccoon under someone's deck. Cody, Shannon and Uncle Neal went down to check it out. There was a rude guy there who told them the raccoon got caught under his deck. Uncle Neal was a little suspicious of the guy so he asked him how the raccoon got under the deck. The guy had hit the raccoon with his son's hockey stick and broke it's back! My favorite part was when Uncle Neal, Shannon, and Cody were driving in Uncle Neal's truck with rescued baby raccoons. The babies jumped all over them. I thought that was pretty funny.
Reeve Bowling
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