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Title: Yeti Rescue
Subtitle: Sammy Feral's Diaries of Weird, Book 2
Author: Eleanor Hawken
Narrator: Stephen Perring
Format: Unabridged
Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-01-14
Publisher: Quercus
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10
Publisher's Summary:
Sammy's back for another weird adventure!
Ever since Sammy discovered that there are crazier animals in the world than just lemurs and lions, his life has become pretty weird. So when a Mongolian Death Worm turns up at his zoo, he's not that surprised.
The Death Worm needs help: his best friend, Bert the Yeti Chief, has gone missing. Can Sammy summon the Ministry of Yetis and rescue Bert? He's going to need help from his old friends Donny and Red, not to mention a very reluctant Wish Frog....
An action-packed adventure for the Wimpy Kid generation.
Members Reviews:
My son's favorite book series!
My newly 7yr old son is an advanced reader so it's hard to find books that meet his reading level but are age appropriate as far as themes. This Sammy Feral series is perfect for him! He read the first book 3 times because he loved it so much and just about squealed when he saw this one in the mail. Great book for parents who want to satisfy the humor in boys without it being too snarky or inappropriate like some popular books these days.
Five Stars
Our 9-yr old loves this series!
Five Stars
My 10 yr old daughter loves this series... She read them all within days of receiving them.
Five Stars
Great!
Weird Fun
As Sammy observes, "Mongolian death worms, missing Yeti Chiefs and retired wish frogs. Weird by anyone's standards...right?" Yes, but let's back up a bit.
Sammy Feral lives with his Mom and Dad and brother and sister at the Feral family zoo. Also living at the zoo are Donny and Red. Red is a moody emo teen with telekinetic powers. Donny is a famous cryptozoologist, cryptozoology being the study of imaginary and mythical animals.
But of course it turns out that "imaginary" and "mythical" are rather fluid concepts, and the Feral family zoo is where the real versions of these beasts tend to end up. And cause problems. Or need help.
You don't really need a coherent plot for a book like this. In this one, there is some folderol about a Mongolian Death Worm who is searching for his kidnapped pal, the Yeti Chief. Sammy, Red and Donny assist the Worm with the reluctant aid of the Wishing Frog. As you might imagine, this quest is soaked in mayhem and complications. What you do need in a book like this is an agreeable narrator/hero, engaging characters, interesting guest characters, and a lot of snappy banter and weird action. This book scores high marks in all of those categories.
Twelve year old Sammy has an excited by basically rational voice, and is an appealing guide through the otherwise lunatic proceedings. The book is meant to be, more or less, drawn from his diary and his chatty narrative and his deadpan acceptance of the more outrageous episodes is what really grounds and sells the story.
Mom, Dad, the siblings, and Red and Donny are the insane/manic/odd/endearing characters who perk up the proceedings. Even though they are over the top they don't wear out their welcome and their basic weirdness adds spice to the tale. The guest characters, (including the already mentioned Worm, Yeti and Frog), are the ingredients that add variety from book to book, (an earlier book is heavily into werewolves), and the author really lets himself go in animating the personalities of these characters.
But finally, you have to play this for grins and chuckles, and that's where the book works especially well.