There's a Hamster in My Lunchbox

by Susan Clymer

Enthusiastically accepting the anonymous Halloween hamster left on their teacher's desk as the class pet, Elizabeth's class wonders who gave it to them, and Elizabeth determines to solve the mystery while Squeaks keeps getting into mischief. Original.

Genres: Childrens, Fiction, Chapter Books

120 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1994

Reviews

[Vienna]

My favorite character was Nora because she was really sweet. Something that surprised me was that Nora was the person that brought Squeaks. If I had a choice that I could change the ending or not I'd would not because it is such a calm and sweet ending.

[El]

One of those children's books I adore and will never get rid of my copy of. I don't even remember when or how I got this, but I've loved this book since I learned to read.

[Evelynn]

This was a cute book, and I probably would have given it a higher rating had it not started out at Halloween time. The main character was dressed as a witch, and I didn't really like that. I'm not a Halloween person at all. Anyway, the mystery was cute and it was well-written, especially for the age group it targets. It actually kept me guessing a teeny bit. It was a short read, maybe took me about an hour. Short and sweet.

[Shannon Parker wong]

andie- It was really good. You really got into the story. It had cute hamsters. It is about a girl who found a hamster in the classroom and the hamster had babies.She gets to keep the baby hamsters.

[Anne]

It was a cute story with a good moral in it for children. I can see this being a good book to read with a class with animal based projects.

[Maggiemyre]

A good book for critical literacy. The book could promote discussions of adoption, different families, and caring for pets.

[Zeyanabrooks]

nice book

[Heidi]

Read this with a group of 4th grade girls and they really liked it.

[Brooke Elden]

the first book i ever read. haha