The Night of the Chipmunk: A Branches Book (Pets Rule! #6)

by Susan Tan, Wendy Tan Shiau Wei (Illustrator)

Overview

Ember goes on vacation with the Chin family and comes face-to-face with an evil chipmunk who haunts the night!

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This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!

Ember is ready for a relaxing trip to Acorn Island with the Chin family. But before they even arrive at the island, a mysterious raven warns Ember and his pet friends that an evil chipmunk haunts the night! At first, Ember is confident that a little chipmunk is no match for him. But soon, he learns that this chipmunk is out to sabotage his human family's vacation . . . while putting the blame on all the pets! Will Ember and the other pets be able to save their vacation? With laugh-out-loud humor, engaging artwork on every page, and nonstop action that will have readers rushing to turn the pages, Pets Rule! is the just-right series for any emerging reader!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781546119746
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	10/15/2024
Series:	Pets Rule!
Pages:	96
Sales rank:	165,398
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 7.63(h) x (d)
Lexile:	570L (what's this?)
Age Range:	6 - 8 Years

About the Author

Susan Tan has lived in many places in her life, but calls Concord, Massachusetts, home. After studying at Williams College, she earned her PhD from the University of Cambridge, where she studied children's literature. She currently lives in Somerville, enjoys frequent trips to Chinatown to eat tzuck sang, and teaches at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Susan is the author of the Cilla Lee-Jenkins chapter book series, and the Pets Rule! series.
WENDY TAN SHIAU WEI is a visual development and storyboard artist for animated series, advertising, and films, and an illustrator for children’s books and publishing. Her work can be seen in TV commercials, radio stations, advertisements, shows, publishing, and fashion. Wendy loves telling stories through her work; storyboarding and comics are two of the ways she expresses her thoughts and feelings. She lives in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with her family.

Read an Excerpt

This new 96 pg. black-and-white Branches series has the humor of THE BAD GUYS, the pet antics of The Secret Life of Pets, and the wide range to appeal to kids of all ages, boys and girls.Will capture the fans of the bestselling series DIARY OF A PUG who are ready to read up.This series really has it all: laugh-out-loud humor, a loveable cast of pet characters, a new villain in every book, and cliffhanger endings that will have readers on the edge of their seats.Author Susan Tan is a rising star, whose work has been praised by Grace Lin and Rachel Renee Russell. Her debut chapter book, Cilla Lee-Jenkins: Future Author Extraordinaire, received a starred review from Booklist.Artist Wendy Tan Shiau Wei's s illustrations are cinematic, expressive, funny, and engaging, and really makes this book shine.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Pets Rule! #1: My Kingdom of Darkness:

"This early chapter book expertly cultivates a larger-than-life pseudo-antihero... an infectiously silly series starter." — Kirkus Reviews

Praise for Cilla Lee-Jenkins: Future Author Extraordinaire:

* "Cilla's empathy, candor, and skill at turning a phrase indicates that her claim to be a future author extraordinaire is completely justified... Anyone who spends time with Cilla Lee-Jenkins will look forward to reading her in the future." — Booklist, starred review

"Heartwarming and poignant! Meeting Cilla felt like making a new best friend. I can't wait to share the book with my own daughter." — Grace Lin, bestselling author of Newbery Honor book Where the Mountain Meets the Moon and National Book Award finalist When the Sea Turned to Silver

"Tan writes in a fun and spunky voice that brings to mind favorite characters such as Junie B. Jones, Ramona Quimby, and Fancy Nancy but is still all her own... Readers will identify with Cilla and wish they were friends with her in real life." — School Library Journal

"In Tan's debut novel... readers will meet spunky 8 1/2 year old Cilla, who is 50% Chinese, 50% Caucasian and I think 100% wonderful... I suspect young readers will want to reach into the pages and hug her!" — Rachel Renee Russell writing for Amazon's Omnivoracious, bestselling author of The Dork Diaries

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