The Racc Pack

Live life in the trash lane with this first "imaginative, high-energy" (School Library Journal) entry in a middle grade graphic novel series that's "a dumpster's worth of laughs" (Kirkus Reviews) about a family of sneaky raccoons from graphic novel superstars Stephanie Cooke and Whitney Gardner!

Meet the Bins family, a trio of raccoons in the risky business of dumpster diving for all their needs. With Dusty's brains, ReRe's muscle, and Scraps's gadgets (please don't tell him he's almost definitely an opossum), the Binses are determined to leave no garbage bin unturned in their pursuit of the tastiest, most delicious trash they can find.

When the family discovers a new upscale grocery store that's throwing away their perfectly good food at the end of each day, the Binses hatch a heist so daring it'll have them rolling in garbage all winter long. But a critter-despising CEO, Jeff Beans, and the high-tech defense system he's installed means liberating that trash is going to take all the skills the Racc Pack has...and maybe some help from a cat burglar with a mysterious past.

Author: Stephanie Cooke
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 01/23/2024
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Hardcover
Series: The Racc Pack #1
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.40h x 6.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781665914932
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.6
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 557228 / Racc Pack


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/16/2023
Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2023
Booklist 02/01/2024 pg. 48
School Library Journal 01/26/2024 pg. 1

About the Author
Stephanie Cooke is an award-nominated writer based out of Toronto, Canada. Some of her graphic novels include ParaNorthern, Oh My Gods!, and The Racc Pack, with bestselling creator, Whitney Gardner. She's additionally worked on series such as My Little Pony, Cat Ninja, Archie, and more. She's an avid reader, gamer, movie watcher, raccoon enthusiast, and pun connoisseur. Find out more about her at StephanieCooke.ca.

Whitney Gardner is an author, illustrator, and cartoonist. She started drawing stick figures in second grade and somehow no one's been able to stop her. If there's ever a moment when she isn't drawing, she's likely to be found rolling twenty-sided dice. Her favorite color is yellow. She is the author of the YA novels You're Welcome, Universe and Chaotic Good, as well as the creator of Fake Blood, Long Distance, and Free Piano (Not Haunted) and the illustrator for Debbie Levy's Becoming RBG and Stephanie Cooke's The Racc Pack series.