ISBN: 0-375-82762-5
Limpy is a cane toad, and he has one question he wants his family to answer: "Why do humans hate us?"
The cane toad is huge, ugly, and has caused havoc on the natural ecology of Australia...besides this, they are highly poisonous. Limpy, however, does not understand any of this, nor does he understand why humans have to squish toads on the roads! You see, the Australian cane toad likes to eat bugs…and they need flying bugs in order to get all of their essential nutrients. The problem is that the flying buys all hang out on the highway…which means that getting a well balanced diet often means a toad or two gets squished! Sometimes, humans actually seem to AIM THEIR CARS at the toads!
Limpy has a cousin named Goliath; Goliath is the biggest, strongest, handsomest cane toad in the area, but he’s definitely not the smartest.
One day, Limpy, Goliath, and Limpy’s sister Charm are on the highway. When a truck approaches, Goliath picks up a stick ‘cause he’s decided he’s going to stop the truck and beat the living daylights out of the murdering human! Unfortunately, Goliath ends up being squished! Well Limpy decides that enough is enough! So he begins a quest; he will find the human cities and bring peace between humankind and toadkind!
Will he be able to do it? What challenges will he face? To find out, read the book!
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