I had high hopes for this book, the description and first few pages made it sound over the top hilarious. However, after the first chapter it settled into a basic children's mystery story, never again to become laugh out loud funny. All in all, though, it was a quite acceptable read. Worthy of being nominated for the Mark Twain, but I agree with the children of Missouri that is was not a winner. I love the cover and the map of FunJungle on the endpapers. It was enough to get me to read the whole book.
Teddy's parents work for FunJungle, a zoo based on the concept of theme parks rather than the average zoo. While this sounds like fun and the dream of every kid his age, he's actually very bored because he is the only kid there. FunJungle is 30 miles on the middle of the Texas Hill Country with only the residents of the zoo living in the vicinity. This leads to Teddy getting into mischief. He also stumbles upon a mystery where it seems all the adults around don't seem too worried. Henry the Hippo, FunJungle's mascot has died. While Teddy was not overly fond of Henry, no one was a particular fan of Henry's, he still thinks that someone should have to pay for murdering the hippo. With the help of Summer, the daughter of the owner of FunJungle, Henry sets about discovering who and why they are covering up Henry's murder.
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