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Books in Golden Hamster Saga series

  • I, Freddy: Book One in the Golden Hamster Saga

    Dietlof Reiche, Joe Cepeda

    Paperback (Scholastic Paperbacks, April 1, 2005)
    Move over, Stuart Little, there is a new mouse in town. Except this mouse is a hamster. And not just any hamster. He is a golden hamster of the highest order - and destined for great things.Freddy is not happy with his boring treadmill life at the pet store. He continaully embarrasses himself in an attempt to get adopted. Freddy believes he will have a more civilized and exciting life as soon as he has a home. After a series of funny misadventures (including encounters with a fierce tomcat and two guinea pigs who speak in Shakespearean couplets) he teaches himself to read and write. He then pens his witty and heartwarming autobiography that tells of his journey to self discovery. A hamster has never been smarter or funnier in telling the tale of his exceptional life.
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  • Freddy's Final Quest: Book Five in the Golden Hamster Saga

    Dietlof Reiche, Joe Cepeda

    Paperback (Scholastic Paperbacks, Feb. 1, 2008)
    The final installment in Freddy's internationally acclaimed saga is his most adventurous yet--filled with time travel, Crusaders, first love, and a shocking surprise!Freddy--hamster extraordinaire--shuts down his computer when he is called upon to embark on a journey through time in order to save a young boy's life. Accompanied by Sir William the wise tomcat, Enrico and Caruso the guinea pig poets, and Tjark the robot hamster, the quintet find themselves in a dangerous land filled with Crusaders and wild hamsters (Has Freddy found the Promised Land?)! But when the Crusaders capture Enrico and Caruso and plan to eat them, the entire mission is put in jeopardy. With time running out, can the team accomplish their mission? Will this be Freddy's final quest?
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  • Freddy in Peril: Book Two in the Golden Hamster Saga

    Dietlof Reiche, Joe Cepeda

    Paperback (Scholastic Paperbacks, March 1, 2006)
    Who would have thought that a writer's life could be so dangerous! Only the inimitable Freddy could turn a series of harrowing adventures into fodder for a spectacular sequel.Even a brilliant hamster can be prone to lapses of judgment. Which is how Freddy came to post his autobiography on the Internet (after all, a writer needs an audience). Lo, it was a bad move. For when an evil scientist discovers Freddy's genius he hamster-naps him to experiment on his brain! Can a wise tomcat, a pair of guinea pig poets, & a colony of rats save Freddy from becoming a casualty of science? This heart-stopping episode in Freddy's life story is every bit as captivating as Freddy himself. "This second book in the saga stands on its own." - School Library Journal
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  • Golden Hamster Saga

    Dietlof Reiche, John Brownjohn

    Paperback (Scholastic, March 15, 2006)
    Freddy is no ordinary hamster. He is a golden hamster destined for greatness. This funny and heartwarming saga tells how Freddy determines to lead a truly exceptional life. Books include: (1) I, Freddy; (2) Freddy in Peril; (3) Freddy to the Rescue; (4) The Haunting of Freddy.
  • Freddy on the Loose

    dietlof-reiche

    Paperback (ZZCSCHOLASTIC CHILDR, March 15, 2006)
    Rare Book
  • Freddy To The Rescue

    Dietlof Reiche, Joe Cepeda

    Hardcover (Scholastic Press, April 1, 2005)
    A smartly written, humorously told adventure story, with a nod to environmentalism propels this third installment in the increasingly popular Golden Hamster Saga--as only Freddy Auratus can write it!For Freddy Auratus being a civilized golden hamster comes with responsibilities. So when he learns that the lives of a tribe of endangered field hamsters are at risk, he takes action. But it's Freddy's own life--and his most valuable secret--that is put in jeopardy when, along with a wise tomcat and a pair of guinea pig poets (turned Opera divas), he takes on City Hall (and some bulldozers). Will Freddy's hamsteritarian mission be his end?
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  • Freddy in Peril: Book Two in the Golden Hamster Saga

    Dietlof Reiche, Joe Cepeda

    Hardcover (Scholastic Press, April 1, 2004)
    Who would have thought that a writer's life could be so dangerous! Only the inimitable Freddy could turn a series of harrowing adventures into fodder for a spectacular sequel.Even a brilliant hamster can be prone to lapses of judgment. Which is how Freddy came to post his autobiography on the Internet (after all, a writer needs an audience). Lo, it was a bad move. For when an evil scientist discovers Freddy's genius he hamster-naps him to experiment on his brain! Can a wise tomcat, a pair of guinea pig poets, & a colony of rats save Freddy from becoming a casualty of science? This heart-stopping episode in Freddy's life story is ever bit as captivating as Freddy himself.
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  • I, Freddy

    Dietlof Reiche

    Paperback (Demco Media, April 1, 2005)
    Freddy, a remarkably intelligent golden hamster, learns how to read and how to write on a computer and escapes captivity to become an independent and civilized creature.
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  • Freddy In Peril

    Dietlof Reiche, Joe Cepeda

    Library Binding (Turtleback, March 1, 2006)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A cat, two guinea pigs, and a colony of brave sewer rats band together in order to save Freddy, a golden hamster, from an evil scientist who's discovered that Freddy can read and write, and plans to hamster-nap him in order to dissect his brain.
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  • FREDDY TO THE RESCUE

    Dietlof Reiche, Joe Cepeda

    Paperback (SCHOLASTIC, Jan. 8, 2007)
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  • The Haunting of Freddy

    Dietlof Reiche

    Library Binding (Paw Prints 2007-06-28, June 28, 2007)
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  • Freddy in Peril

    dietlof-reiche

    Paperback (SCHOLASTIC, March 15, 2006)
    Rare Book