The Racc Pack
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Live life in the trash lane with this first “imaginative, high-energy” (School Library Journal) entry in a middle grade graphic novel series that’s “a dumpster’s worth of laughs” (Kirkus Reviews) about a family of sneaky raccoons from graphic novel superstars Stephanie Cooke and Whitney Gardner!
Meet the Bins family, a trio of raccoons in the risky business of dumpster diving for all their needs. With Dusty’s brains, ReRe’s muscle, and Scraps’s gadgets (please don’t tell him he’s almost definitely an opossum), the Binses are determined to leave no garbage bin unturned in their pursuit of the tastiest, most delicious trash they can find.
When the family discovers a new upscale grocery store that’s throwing away their perfectly good food at the end of each day, the Binses hatch a heist so daring it’ll have them rolling in garbage all winter long. But a critter-despising CEO, Jeff Beans, and the high-tech defense system he’s installed means liberating that trash is going to take all the skills the Racc Pack has…and maybe some help from a cat burglar with a mysterious past.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The Bins family, a trio of raccoon siblings, live in the attic of a human residence in Toronto's Kensington Market, a food-centric neighborhood rich with delectable dining establishments. De facto leader Dusty, muscular ReRe, and tech-savvy Scraps—a possum who believes he's a raccoon—have yet to meet a trash bin they can't open or a dumpster they can't dive into, much to the despair of Kensington residents. Following the grand opening of upscale grocer Well Bean, the siblings scheme to plunder the business's dumpster, where enormous quantities of perfectly edible food are discarded daily by order of CEO Jeff Bean. Discovering that Bean has installed a high-tech system guaranteed to keep critters at bay, the Bins family, aided by JB, a mysterious black cat with an ulterior motive, begin plotting the most daring garbage heist Toronto has ever seen. Ecological messaging surrounding food scarcity and community action ring true amid the humorously high-octane antics. Via expressive and vividly saturated cartooning by Gardner (Long Distance)and punchy text by Cooke (the Oh My Gods! series), the creators subtly raise awareness of waste prevention in this Mission Impossible–leaning graphic novel series launch. Ages 7–10. Author's agent: Maria Vicente, P.S. Literary. Illustrator's agent: Charlie Olsen, InkWell Management.
