Francine Poulet Meets the Ghost Raccoon
Tales from Deckawoo Drive Series
Author: Kate DiCamillo
Illustrator: Chris Van Dusen
Book 2 in the Tales from Deckawoo Drive series
Pages: 112
Published: 2015
Age: 6+
Deckawoo Drive's intrepid Animal Control Officer meets her match – or does she? A funny, heartfelt, and fast-paced romp from the United States' National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.
Francine Poulet is the greatest Animal Control Officer in Gizzford County. She hails from a long line of Animal Control Officers. She's battled snakes, outwitted squirrels, and stared down a bear. "The genuine article," Francine's dad always called her. She is never scared – until, that is, she's faced with a screaming raccoon that may or may not be a ghost. Maybe Francine isn't cut out to be an Animal Control Officer after all!
But the raccoon is still on the loose, and the folks on Deckawoo Drive need Francine back. Can she face her fears, round up the raccoon, and return to the ranks of Animal Control? Join a cast of familiar characters – Frank, Stella, Mrs. Watson, and Mercy the porcine wonder – for some riotous raccoon wrangling on Deckawoo Drive.
About the Tales from Deckawoo Drive Series
Books in series order
- 1.Leroy Ninker Saddles Up(2014)
- 2.Francine Poulet Meets the Ghost Raccoon(2015)
- 3.Where Are You Going, Baby Lincoln?(2016)
- 4.Eugenia Lincoln and the Unexpected Package(2017)
- 5.Stella Endicott and the Anything-Is-Possible Poem(2020)
- 6.Franklin Endicott and the Third Key(2021)
- 7.Mercy Watson Is Missing!(2023)
Reading age: 6+ years
This series should be read in order.
Yippie-i-oh! Saddle up for a spin-off series starring favourite characters from Kate DiCamillo's acclaimed Mercy Watson series.
Leroy Ninker has a hat, a lasso, and boots. What he doesn't have is a horse – until he meets Maybelline, that is, and then it's love at first sight. Maybelline loves spaghetti and sweet nothings, and she loves Leroy, too. But when Leroy forgets the third and final rule of caring for Maybelline, disaster ensues. Can Leroy wrestle fate to the ground, rescue the horse of his heart, and lasso loneliness for good?
Join Leroy, Maybelline, and a cast of familiar characters – Stella, Frank, Mrs. Watson, and everyone’s favorite porcine wonder, Mercy – for some hilarious and heartfelt horsing around on Deckawoo Drive.