The second book in a young middle grade mystery-adventure series about Horace, an anxious Boston Terrier, and Bunwinkle, an exuberant potbellied pig, who team up to solve crimes in their barnyard and local neighborhoodperfect for fans of Mercy Watson, The Trouble with Chickens, and A Boy Called Bat. Horace is flying high after solving the pet-tectives' first mystery. But Bunwinkle just hasnt been herselfshes scared all the time and is too embarrassed to tell anyone. Before they can work on getting Bunwinkles confidence back, a new case lands in their lapswell, actually their trash canswhen Shoo the raccoon asks for help. The neighborhood humans think hes behind a series of garbage upheavals and home break-insbut he swears hes innocent. Just because people call him a trash bandit doesnt mean he is one. To make matters worse, while the pet-tectives are trying to clear Shoos name, they learn that Eleanor is having money problems. She hopes to solve them by starting a community Farmers Market in the back field. The neighbors seem excited to help at first but then, one by one, they suddenly drop out. With time running out, can the pet-tectives solve the mysteries and save Shoo and the Homestead?

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Horace And Bunwinkle Series .

This book is aimed at children at US 3rd grade-7th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 224 pages in this book. This book was published in 2022 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc .

Dave Mottram is an illustrator living in Ohio who worked as a graphic designer for many years which led him to pursue his passion for illustration. He paints traditionally and digitally with color and layers and line. He loves tacos, animals, tikis, and nerding out on art supplies.