The Great Pet Heist

Name: The Great Pet Heist
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Emily Ecton
ISBN: 9798350810585

Author: Emily Ecton

Series: Great Pet Heist #1

Narrator: Patrice Clark

Unabridged: 4 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/04/2023

Categories: Children's Fiction, Animal Stories

Synopsis

Ocean's Eleven meets The Secret Life of Pets in this "classic caper" (Booklist) following a ragtag group of pets who will do whatever it takes to avoid being sent to the pound.

Butterbean knew she wasn't always a good dog. Still, she'd never considered herself a BAD dog—until the morning that her owner, Mrs. Food, fell in the hallway. Admittedly the tile was slipperier than usual, mostly because Butterbean had just thrown up on it.

Now Butterbean and her fellow pets have to come up with a grand plan to support themselves in case Mrs. Food is unable to keep taking care of them. When they discover a mysterious man in their building who seems to have lots of loot, they plan a heist. Oscar the mynah bird is the brains of the operation. Walt the cat has the necessary slyness and slink. Marco and Polo are the reconnaissance rats. And Butterbean . . . well, no one would ever suspect a cute little wiener dog, right? Can these animal friends can pull off the heist of the century?

About Emily Ecton

Emily Ecton is the author of The Great Pet Heist series as well as a number of middle grade books published under the names Emily Ecton and Emily Fairlie. She is also a former writer and producer for Wait, Wait . . . Don't Tell Me!, the Peabody AwardÂ-winning comedy news quiz on NPR. She lives in Virginia, with Howdy, a dog whose only admitted vandalism involves her collection of plush squeaky toys.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Darla

The Strathmore Six (or is it Seven?) is a fur-midable bunch. Included in this talented crew of pets is a dog (Butterbean), a cat (Walt), a myna bird (Oscar), an octopus (Chad!) and two (Marco and Polo), or is it three (Wallace) rats. When Mrs. Food slips in a pile of dog vomit and has to go to the h......more

Goodreads review by Thibault

Butterbean the dog couldn’t help it, she puked. Her owner - Mrs. Food (hilarious) - unfortunately didn’t notice and slipped and fell. As Mrs. Food gets stretchered away, all the animals in the apartment start to panic. What if Mrs. Food doesn’t come back? How will they be able to support themselves?......more

Goodreads review by Jessica

Butterbean knows that she is now, officially, a bad dog. All because her owner, Mrs. Food, slipped on Butterbean’s vomit, and had to be taken to the hospital. Now Butterbean, Oscar, and Walt, along with two rats (Marco and Polo) must find a way to survive. A new mysterious main is in the apartment b......more

Goodreads review by Tonja

First, I'm not a big fan of animal fiction for middle graders. There are a few reads, which I enjoy but usually, it's just not a genre which gets me excited. This book was one of those rarities. Butterbean didn't mean to land Mrs. Food in the hospital, but she did. Now, her and the other animals in M......more