Life's full of adventure! Right? Middle-grade detectives Sophia MacGregor and Pedro Gonzalez think so. Especially when you are telepathic and speak multiple animal languages!Being a brilliant ten-year-old in a competitive Eighth Grade Honors Class is a minute-by-minute challenge. Outside school, more challenges abound. When Jack the Polar Bear's regular zookeeper is the victim of a mysterious hit-and-run accident, Super Sleuths Sophia and Pedro find themselves investigating his replacement. A replacement whom Jack and the seals fear and distrust. Their investigation uncovers a plot by Russian poachers to abduct Jack. Never have the stakes been higher. Instead of battling middle school snobs and bullies, they have just become a target of the Russian mob!