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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 kid...

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Main Authors: Gidwitz, Adam (Author, Creator), Bowles, David (David O.) (Author), Casey, Jesse (Creator), Smith, Chris Lenox (Creator)
Other Authors: Aly, Hatem (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Dutton Children's Books, [2019]
Series:Gidwitz, Adam. Unicorn Rescue Society ; 4.
Subjects:
Animals, Mythical > Juvenile fiction.
Animal rescue > Juvenile fiction.
Chupacabras > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Race relations > Juvenile fiction.
Mexican-American Border Region > Juvenile fiction.
Fantasy fiction > Juvenile.
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Summary:"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 once more? And what is that spiny, bloodsucking, adorable little creature?"--Page [4] of cover.
Item Description:"Created by Jesse Casey, Adam Gidwotz, and Chris Lenox Smith"--Colophon.
Physical Description:196 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
ISBN:9780735231795
0735231796
Author Notes:Adam Gidwitz was born in San Francisco, California in 1982. He received a bachelor's degree in English literature from Columbia University. After graduating, he took a job in a second grade classroom at Saint Ann's School, in Brooklyn and attended Bank Street College of Education in the evenings. He eventually taught first, second, fifth, and high school at Saint Ann's before deciding to become a full-time author. He is the author of A Tale Dark and Grimm and In a Glass Grimly.

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