Animal wrangler Mickey Cray recuperates at home in Florida with his wife and teenage son, Wahoo, after being struck in the head by a dead iguana. With finances tight, Mickey's wife gets a temporary job in China, and Mickey must take a job on the hit reality show, Expedition Survival!, staring Steve Irwin wannabe, Derek Badger. The show starts out badly when Derek stages a near-disastrous scene with Alice, the Crays' giant gator. It gets worse when Derek, a definite egomaniac, decides to use only wild animals in his stunts. Wahoo has made a new friend while on location in the Everglades for the show, a runaway named Tuna who is hiding out from her abusive father. The two become fast friends and try to help Mickey keep Derek out of trouble. Derek goes missing in a storm after being bitten by a bat and multiple search parties go after him. Then Tuna's father shows up with a gun and all heck breaks loose. Join the wacky crew of Expedition Survival! for a romp in the swamp.
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Applegate, Katherine. The One and Only Ivan. Harper, 2012.
Gibbs, Stuart. Belly Up. S & S, 2010.
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