Horace & Bunwinkle: The Case of the Rascally Raccoon

The second book in a young middle grade mystery-adventureseries about Horace, an anxious Boston Terrier, and Bunwinkle, an exuberantpotbellied pig, who team up to solve crimes in their barnyard and localneighborhood--perfect for fans of Mercy Watson, The Trouble with Chickens, and A Boy Called Bat.

Horace is flying high after solving the pet-tectives' firstmystery. But Bunwinkle just hasn't been herself--she's scared all the time andis too embarrassed to tell anyone.

Before they can work on getting Bunwinkle's confidence back, a new case lands in their laps--well, actually their trash cans--when Shoo theraccoon asks for help. The neighborhood humans think he's behind a series ofgarbage upheavals and home break-ins--but he swears he's innocent. Just becausepeople call him a trash bandit doesn't mean he is one.

To make matters worse, while the pet-tectives are trying toclear Shoo's name, they learn that Eleanor is having money problems. She hopesto solve them by starting a community Farmer's Market in the back field. Theneighbors seem excited to help at first but then, one by one, they suddenlydrop out.

With time running out, can the pet-tectives solve themysteries and save Shoo and the Homestead?