GROUNDHOGS: The Supercharged Forecaster By Jared Lillis
GROUNDHOGS: The Supercharged Forecaster By Jared Lillis Paperback 0996448403 9780996448406 Childrens GROUNDHOGS: The Supercharged Forecaster A scrappy groundhog must work with humans and forecast lightning strikes to save his home from an eco supervillain planning to pulp entire national forests with giant, robotic milling snakes. During Jet’s first garden raid, his father is shot by their human neighbor, Mr. Trapper. Jet loses hearing in one ear and escapes alone over the electric fence, which scars his paws but gives him the unique ability to forecast lightning. He vows to avenge his father. Next spring, at the burrow security trials, Jet strives to win Head of Burrow Security so he can lead the groundhog community to war against Trapper, but he finishes second to his brother Sonny when delayed at the course’s Listening Lanes. During Sonny’s victory speech, a logging crew begins cutting down trees nearby. Sonny orders everyone underground, but Jet attacks. He narrowly evades Forrest Cutler, the company owner, but is captured by Heath Waverly, a former top meteorologist, and Dr. Drizzlen, a bionics scientist, who sedates Jet. He awakens at Bio Labs, able to communicate with humans. Dr. Drizzlen has given Jet bionic hearing and his newly invented TALC—Translated Animal Language Communicator. When asked if he can forecast weather and save humans from natural disasters, Jet initially denies it and makes a mad dash through the gadget packed lab in order to escape. The Stray Bot recaptures Jet, however, and he claims he might help humans if they save his community from the loggers threatening his home. Heath and Jet find Cutler at Town Hall proposing the largest pulp and paper mill in the world, which thrills the townspeople. Many of them had lost their jobs when Trapper’s Traps went bankrupt due to Jet and his father’s garden raid which was mysteriously recorded and went viral. After failing to stop the upcoming vote, a dejected Heath keeps his word and lets Jet go free. Jet reunites with his community and warns them of the imminent destruction of their home after the rains pass. When Sonny doesn’t believe him, Jet ventures into the woods and finds Cutler demonstrating his secret, illegal logging plan to plunder national forests with giant, robotic snakes—one grinds trees into pulp and the other drills tunnels to send the pulp to the mill. To make matters worse, Jet is discovered and attacked by the Snake Saw 6000! Will Jet escape to warn his community and new human acquaintances? If he does, will they believe him? And even if they do, how will they be able to stop giant, robotic snakes?
A scrappy groundhog must work with humans and forecast lightning strikes to save his home from an eco supervillain planning to pulp entire national forests with giant robotic milling snakes During Jet s first garden raid his father is shot by their human neighbor Mr Trapper Jet loses hearing in one ear and escapes alone over the electric fence which scars his paws but gives him the unique ability to forecast lightning He vows to avenge his father Next spring at the burrow security trials Jet strives to win Head of Burrow Security so he can lead the groundhog community to war against Trapper but he finishes second to his brother Sonny when delayed at the course s Listening Lanes During Sonny s victory speech a logging crew begins cutting down trees nearby Sonny orders everyone underground but Jet attacks He narrowly evades Forrest Cutler the company owner but is captured by Heath Waverly a former top meteorologist and Dr Drizzlen a bionics scientist who sedates Jet He awakens at Bio Labs able to communicate with humans Dr Drizzlen has given Jet bionic hearing and his newly invented TALC Translated Animal Language Communicator When asked if he can forecast weather and save humans from natural disasters Jet initially denies it and makes a mad dash through the gadget packed lab in order to escape The Stray Bot recaptures Jet however and he claims he might help humans if they save his community from the loggers threatening his home Heath and Jet find Cutler at Town Hall proposing the largest pulp and paper mill in the world which thrills the townspeople Many of them had lost their jobs when Trapper s Traps went bankrupt due to Jet and his father s garden raid which was mysteriously recorded and went viral After failing to stop the upcoming vote a dejected Heath keeps his word and lets Jet go free Jet reunites with his community and warns them of the imminent destruction of their home after the rains pass When Sonny doesn t believe him Jet ventures into the woods and finds Cutler demonstrating his secret illegal logging plan to plunder national forests with giant robotic snakes one grinds trees into pulp and the other drills tunnels to send the pulp to the mill To make matters worse Jet is discovered and attacked by the Snake Saw 6000 Will Jet escape to warn his community and new human acquaintances If he does will they believe him And even if they do how will they be able to stop giant robotic snakes GROUNDHOGS The Supercharged ForecasterJared has worked with children and youth for most of his career including at a YMCA a pediatric clinic and church From a very early age he knew he wanted to be an artist but only in recent years did he decide he also wanted to be a writer Throughout middle school high school and college he dreaded writing assignmentsespecially the long ones In his thirties he realized that it would be great to create artwork and stories He now hopes to help youth realize the value of developing writing skills by mentoring tweens and teens as they write their very own novels Through his youth writing program site_link students can overcome the fear of writing and work toward the publication of their novels He also hopes to Jared has worked with children and youth for most of his career including at a YMCA a pediatric clinic and church From a very early age he knew he wanted to be an artist but only in recent years did he decide he also wanted to be a writer Throughout middle school high school and college he dreaded writing assignmentsespecially the long ones In his thirties he realized that it would be great to create artwork and stories He now hopes to help youth realize the value of developing writing skills by mentoring tweens and teens as they write their very own novels Through his youth writing program site_link students can overcome the fear of writing and work toward the publication of their novels He also hopes to make an impact on the environment by publishing the print version of his novels along with themed school supplies on wheat straw paper site_link.