Get ready for muckraking time at Emerson Hicky Elementary.Therace is on forstudent council president, butit's quickly getting fishier than the bottom of a pelican's lunch box. Someone is sending candidates ominous threats and posting signs with messages like FIR IS FIRST! and DOWN WITH FEATHERS. Could someonebe trying to rig the election? Good thing Chet and Natalie are around to expose the filthy frauds!

BRUCE HALE is the author of five picture books as well as the Chet Gecko mystery series. A popular speaker, teacher, and storyteller for children and adults, he lives in Santa Barbara, California.