num_pages: 160
description: Mandy Hope loves animals more than anything else. She knows quite a lot about them too; both her parents are vets and Mandy helps out in their surgery, Animal Ark.James is given the school hamster to look after in the summer holidays. He and Mandy are delighted - until someone vandalises James's garden and steals the poor hamster. Who is to blame? The city kids from the caravan park - or someone closer to home?
language: English
title: Hamster in a Hamper
titlecomplete: Hamster in a Hamper (Animal Ark, #13)
characters: Chrissie Searle, Paul (Animal Ark), Vicki Simpson, Becky Severn, Dr. Emily Hope, Mrs. Parker Smythe, Mr. McFarlane, Miss Temple, Mandy's Grandmother, Simon the Nurse, Jean Knox, Walter Pickard, Mandy Hope, Imogen Parker Smythe, Mrs. Ponsonby, Mr. Hadcroft, Bert Burnley, Ben (Animal Ark), Susan Price, Brandon Gill, Henry VIII the Hamster, Dr. Adam Hope, John Hardy, Ernie Bell, Elizabeth I the Hamster, Mandy's Grandfather, Mrs. Hunter, Marcie (Animal Ark), James Hunter, Justin Simpson, Pete Cavendish, Sonia (Animal Ark), Betty Hilder, Mrs. Platt, Mr. Parker Smythe, Sam Western, Mr. Meldrum, Blackie the Labrador, Leanne Jackson
genres: Realistic Fiction, Childrens, Animals, Chapter Books, Middle Grade, Fiction, Juvenile, Kids, Mystery
ratings_count: 535
places: Walton, Wellford
series: Animal Ark [GB Order], Animal Ark [US Order]
publisher: Hodder Children's Books