Overview
Ember and the other pets come face-to-face with an evil dino-snake duo that's out to ruin the Chin family garden! Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow! Ember comes face-to-face with the strangest villain yet: the dino-snake! When an evil turtle and sly snake team up against the pets to take over the Chin family garden, the odds are stacked against them. The pressure is on for Ember to come up with the perfect plan or he'll get kicked out of his own backyard! Will Ember be able to protect his family's territory before the evil dino-snake duo take over the garden forever? With laugh-out-loud humor, engaging artwork on every page, and nonstop action that will have readers rushing to turn the pages, Pets Rule! is the just-right series for any emerging reader!
Full Product Details
Author: Susan Tan ,
Wendy Tan Shiau Wei
Publisher: Scholastic US
Imprint: Scholastic Library Publishing
ISBN: 9781546180258
ISBN 10: 1546180257
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 02 December 2025
Recommended Age: From 6 to 8 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Praise for My Kingdom of Darkness (Pets Rule! #1): ""This early chapter book expertly cultivates a larger-than-life pseudo-antihero... an infectiously silly series starter."" -- Kirkus Reviews Praise for Cilla Lee-Jenkins: Future Author Extraordinaire: * ""Cilla's empathy, candor, and skill at turning a phrase indicates that her claim to be a future author extraordinaire is completely justified... Anyone who spends time with Cilla Lee-Jenkins will look forward to reading her in the future."" -- Booklist, starred review ""Heartwarming and poignant! Meeting Cilla felt like making a new best friend. I can't wait to share the book with my own daughter."" -- Grace Lin, bestselling author of Newbery Honor book Where the Mountain Meets the Moon and National Book Award finalist When the Sea Turned to Silver ""Tan writes in a fun and spunky voice that brings to mind favorite characters such as Junie B. Jones, Ramona Quimby, and Fancy Nancy but is still all her own... Readers will identify with Cilla and wish they were friends with her in real life."" -- School Library Journal ""In Tan's debut novel... readers will meet spunky 8 1/2 year old Cilla, who is 50% Chinese, 50% Caucasian and I think 100% wonderful... I suspect young readers will want to reach into the pages and hug her!"" -- Rachel Renee Russell writing for Amazon's Omnivoracious, bestselling author of The Dork Diaries
Author Information
Susan Tan has lived in many places in her life, but calls Concord, Massachusetts, home. After studying at Williams College, she earned her PhD from the University of Cambridge, where she studied children's literature. She currently lives in Somerville, enjoys frequent trips to Chinatown to eat tzuck sang, and teaches at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Susan is the author of the Cilla Lee-Jenkins chapter book series and the Pets Rule! series. Wendy Tan Shiau Wei is a visual development and storyboard artist for animated series, advertising, and films, and an illustrator for children's books and publishing. Her work can be seen in TV commercials, radio stations, advertisements, shows, publishing, and fashion. Wendy loves telling stories through her work; storyboarding and comics are two of the ways she expresses her thoughts and feelings. She lives in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with her family.
