Lynne Rae Perkins

When a squirrel called Jed is picked up by a hawk but manages to escape, his friends Ts-Ts and Chai go after him, navigating outside their realm by using landmarks and "buzzpaths" (power lines). Miraculously, they find Jed, but they also find three humans with noisy equipment they're using to clear tree branches away from the buzzpaths, destroying squirrels' homes in the process. Jed, Ts-Ts, Chai, and their new friend Tchke race home to try to convince everyone to move before the humans come, but their tale is so unbelievable they realize they have to make it into a game in order to mobilize their community.

A marvelous animal adventure tale and survival story, filled with friendship, danger, courage, and squirrel humor.

See also: The Hedgehog of Oz; Violet and Jobie in the Wild

Audiobook narrated by the incomparable Jessica Almasy (Clementine, Falling In, etc.).

Quotes

That's what disasters do sometimes, They throw us together with those who are our adversaries. Who play for a different team. For a short time, a common enemy dissolves our differences and makes us realize what we share. (106)

He could be anywhere. Absolutely anywhere. How do you know when it makes no sense to keep looking? (136)… (more)