Overview

Everybody’s mad at everybody on Capitol Hill. Members call each other names on the floor of the House of Representatives. A former Speaker elbows a fellow lawmaker. And anybody who dares to work with someone in the other political party is punished. Now somebody’s putting snakes in lawmaker gym bags and trash cans. It’s up to 10-year-old Fina Mendoza, the daughter of a congressman, to find the real snake in the grass.

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""Pairing the allure of Washington with an animal misadventure, Snake in the Grass is a robust mystery novel, sans real malice beyond some bumbling pranksters. More pressing is the senselessness of adults who can't seem to work across party lines."" --Karen Rigby, Foreword Reviews

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Award-winning public radio journalist, writer, and TEDx speaker Kitty Felde hosts the """"Book Club for Kids"""" podcast, named by The Times of London as one of the top 10 kidcasts in the world. The Los Angeles native created the Washington bureau for Southern California Public Radio and covered Capitol Hill for nearly a decade, explaining how government works to grownups. Now she explains it to kids in a series of mystery novels and podcasts called """"The Fina Mendoza Mysteries"""". Kitty was named LA Radio Journalist of the Year three times by the LA Press Club and the Society of Professional Journalists.

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