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In the book, Lion Down, by Stuart Gibbs the zoo, FunJungle, is planning their one year anniversary. All is running smooth, but then the whole state of Texas hears about a mountain lion on the loose that killed a famous dog. And because the owner of that dog, Lincoln Stone, works on the radio and is very rich, and he wants the mountain lion dead  So in one of his broadcasts he says he will give 50,000 dollars to whoever kills and brings him the mountain lion. Because of this, it impacts other people to hunt the mountain lion down. Teddy, who’s parents are park employees, doesn’t approve of this and with the help of Summer, the daughter of the owner of Fun Jungle, and Lily, the daughter of an employee at Funjungle, find out that the murder of the dog was framed! It’s up to Teddy, Summer, and Lily to determine who might’ve killed the dog, and why they would frame it on a wild mountain lion? This is all while J.J. McCracken (the parks owner) assigned Teddy and Summer to find out who’s been poisoning the Giraffes in the zoo. The longer it takes them to find out both mysteries, the more damage that will be done. But, Where do you even start looking for an animal murderer and why? Read this book, Lion Down, by Stuart Gibbs to find out what happens.    

If your interested in books like these, you should read Belly Up, also by Stuart Gibbs and the first book in the Funjungle series. Belly Up is about Teddy first arriving at Funjungle after living in Congo. His parents just got a job there because they’re animal lovers. But after a few days Teddy arrives, the zoo mascot, Harold the Hippo, was murdered . With everyone being clueless, Teddy decides to take things into his own hands. But, he faces many obstacles like, authorities telling him to leave the investigation to them, and just being a kid. Can Teddy find the murderer, will he get himself into trouble? Read this book the find out. This book connects to Lion Down because they’re in the same series and have the same concepts about Funjungle. If you read these books, I think you would agree it’s a 10/10. 

In the book, Spaced Out, by Stuart Gibbs, a boy named Dashiell lives on the moon with his family, friends, and other scientists. He was sent up their behalf of NASA to learn about colonizing the moon. Up on the moon, their moon base commander Nina goes missing! Dashiell and his friend Kira are determined to find out what happened to Nina and where she is. This is all while trying to avoid the Sjobergs, a rich, but rude family who paid to spend their vacation on the moon. They have two children who are bullies to everyone on the Base, but the adults don’t find out. This makes it hard for Dashiell and Kira to stay on task. Nina could be anywhere, but where do you start looking when you’re in space. Where could she be? Read Spaced Out, to find out. 

    If your interested in books like these, you should read Space Case, also by Stuart Gibbs and the first book in the Moon Base Alpha series. I would recommend you to read this book first before Space Case because it’s the first one in the series. Space Case is also about Dashiell but it’s mainly about his encounter with an alien. Dashiell becomes friends with the alien but soon learns about its horrid past. Another scientist on the Base, knew about the alien way back and wanted to show the world a new discovered species, but another person knew about the alien as well. They didn’t think the world should know about these species because he wanted to protect them. So to stop the scientist, he murdered him and got away with it. Now that Dashiell knows about his alien friend, he has to escape the killer in the Moon Base Alpha. Who is the murderer? Will Dashiell be able to survive? If you like mysteries and fantasy read both Spaced Out, and Space Case, by Stuart Gibbs.