The hysterical no 1 New York Times bestseller by Newbery honoree Carl Hiaasen -- featuring gators animal wranglers inept reality TV hosts & one frozen iguana Wahoo Cray has grown up with a zoo in his backyard
- alligators snakes rats monkeys & parrots but it's his dad who's the real unpredictable critter When his dad takes a job with a reality TV show called EXPEDITION SURVIVAL Wahoo figures he'll have to do a bit of wrangling himself to keep his dad from killing the show's inept star Derek Badger who insists on using real wild animals for his stunts & Wahoo's acquired a shadow named Tuna a girl who's hiding from her own dad They've only been on location in the Everglades for a day before Derek gets bitten by a bat & goes missing in a storm Search parties promptly get lost themselves & then Tuna's dad shows up with a gun It's anyone's guess who will survive