Rascal

By Sterling North 

 


 A true story about a boy named Sterling (Yes, that's right the author), and a raccoon he cares for named Rascal. Sterling first finds Rascal when he and his friend Oscar are supposed to be night fishing but they discover a nest of raccoon babies. They decide to take one of the babies home. Since Oscar's strict German father would never let him keep a pet, Sterling takes the raccoon home and names him Rascal.
 The boy and raccoon are very close, they go fishing together, camping adventures together, and taking on the class bully together. 
 As Rascal gets older he starts causing more mischief then he usaully does. Since they are getting a full time house keeper Rascal would need to be hidden if the raccoon didn't want to be chained up. Sterling knows what must be done, let Rascal decide between the boy who has cared for him for a year, or life free and in the wild.
 This is really a book that you would want to read from cover to cover in one sitting.


    This book is suitable for 5th grade and up