Trouble at Betts Pets by Kelly Easton is an interesting story. Aaron Betts, a fifth grader, works at his parent’s pet shop and the pets start mysteriously disappearing. His tutor Sharon, helps him try to solve the mystery. At first they don’t like each other but then they became friends. Aaron starts to imagine the people around him as animals. He says, “I think of people as animals. My mom, for example, is a canary. She flutters around the store from task to task.” Aaron has a wild imagination which makes the story fun. In the end, the mystery is solved but it is not what I thought would happen.
I really like this book because it had a little bit of a mystery which got me interested to find out what was going to happen. I also thought it was interesting how the main character imagined all of the people around him as animals. It made the story funny and entertaining.
I would recommend this book to others to read because it’s funny, it has a good mystery, and it involves animals. It also makes you think as you read the book because you’re trying to figure out why the animals are disappearing. I would give it 4 out of 5 stars.