Professional animal handler, Mickey Cray and his son Wahoo, are low on money. Mickey has been out of work after an unfortunate incident with a frozen iguana and his wife has to travel to China to teach for the extra money. When Mickey gets a job as an animal handler for big TV show 'Expedition Survival' he leaps for the chance to make a good roll of cash, but on the down side they have to put up with the egotistical, fake survivalist Derek Badger (AKA Lee Bluepenny, former Irish dancer)

While on camera, Derek pretends to live in the wild with no riches, off camera Derek has a catering crew and actually sleeps in a 5 star hotel. After a tangle with Alice, Mickey's alligator Derek decides that for once 'Expedition Survival' will have untamed animals to make it more realistic.

On their way to their filming destination, Wahoo runs into Tuna, a girl from school, who gets beaten by her alcoholic dad. Mickey insists that Tuna comes with them for the time of the show. While filming on a remote island, things take a turn for the worst. Derek gets bitten by a bat and disappears in the jungle. Meanwhile, Tuna's mad, gun-wielding father comes after her…In this jungle, who knows who will survive…?

One of the reasons I love this book is the fact that it's so refreshing, so random. This book is hilarious with a lot of laugh out loud moments (a bit embarrassing on the tube), a little bit moving and loads of twists. I recommend it to people who just want to have a fun, random read.

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