I have loved other books by Sloan, especially Counting By 7’s and To Night Owl From Dog Fish. This one didn’t do much for me. It felt a little phoned-in. There were too many issues (circus elephants, immigration, gender wage gap, grief, autism, and an absent parent) and not enough fleshing out of the story. The perspective also shifted from the humans to animals in an odd way. Overall, it fell flat for me. Read for Middle Grade Book Club.